Preview: North Vikings vs. Louisville Leopards
The North Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Louisville Leopards at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North is no doubt hoping to put an end to a 21-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
On February 13th, North was beaten by Dalton 92-37. While losing is never fun, North can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 798th, while Dalton is ranked 313th).
Meanwhile, Louisville entered their tilt with Northwest with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Louisville breezed by Northwest at home to the tune of 102-70 on Friday. Louisville has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 games by 20 points or more this season.
Louisville relied on the efforts of Brayden Gross, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Hayden Nigro, who scored 37 points along with seven rebounds. Nigro has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last 15 times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Beau Siegfried, who scored 13 points along with seven assists and five steals.
North's defeat dropped their record down to 2-19. As for Louisville, their victory bumped their record up to 20-2.
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