Basketball Game Preview: Norton Panthers vs. Springfield Spartans

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Previous Games

01/03/25 - Away	53-39 W
01/25/24 - Away	58-28 W
12/13/23 - Home	50-35 W
01/23/23 - Home	56-22 W
12/08/22 - Away	61-26 W
+ 5 more games

Norton has gone 10-0 against Springfield recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. Both will face off at 6:00 p.m. without much rest having both just played. Norton will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.

Norton will head into Monday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 34) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 52-50 victory over Copley. The win was all the more spectacular given the Panthers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 259th, while the Indians are ranked 46th).

Meanwhile, Springfield took a blow against Streetsboro on Monday, falling 50-19. The contest marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Norton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.8 points per game. As for Springfield, their loss dropped their record down to 8-11.

Norton strolled past Springfield in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 53-39. Will Norton repeat their success, or does Springfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.