Basketball Game Preview: Rootstown Rovers vs. Kirtland Hornets

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The Rootstown Rovers will head out on the road to square off against the Kirtland Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rootstown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a ten-game streak of away losses.

Rootstown pushed their score all the way to 61 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a serious blow against John F. Kennedy Catholic, falling 93-61. While losing is never fun, Rootstown can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 686th, while John F. Kennedy Catholic is ranked 101st).

Meanwhile, Kirtland didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Berkshire on Tuesday, but they still walked away with a 51-47 win.

Rootstown's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-17. As for Kirtland, their victory bumped their record up to 15-7.

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