Basketball Game Preview: North Rangers vs. North Royalton Bears

The North Rangers will take on the North Royalton Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

North is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 61-59 win over Rhodes. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rangers.

Meanwhile, North Royalton came tearing into Tuesday's match with 20 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.2 points), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Grizzlies 62-37. The Bears have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 22 points or more this season.

North's victory bumped their record up to 9-14. As for North Royalton, their win bumped their record up to 22-1.