Basketball Recap: Cuyahoga Falls Gets Big Victory over Higher-Ranked Lake Center Christian

Cuyahoga Falls won the last time they faced Lake Center Christian and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Cuyahoga Falls Black Tigers walked away with a 56-48 win over the Lake Center Christian Tiger. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Black Tigers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 482nd, while the Tiger are ranked 237th).

Hayden Johnson went supernova for Cuyahoga Falls, going 11 of 24 en route to 26 points along with five boards and three steals. Joey Stiffler was another key player, putting up three points in addition to six rebounds and four steals.

Black Tigers

Previous 2 Games

01/21/25 vs Lake Center Christian	56-48
01/18/25 vs Lake	39-38

The win made it two in a row for Cuyahoga Falls and bumps their season record up to 7-9. As for Lake Center Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 9-4.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cuyahoga Falls will venture away from home to face off against Highland at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Cuyahoga Falls is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.5 points per game this season. Lake Center Christian has already played their next game (against Medina Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.