Basketball Game Preview: Van Wert Cougars vs. Elida Bulldogs

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Previous Games

02/16/24 - Home	46-52 L
02/24/23 - Neutral	65-34 W
02/10/23 - Away	56-53 W
02/11/22 - Neutral	36-23 W
02/05/21 - Away	72-44 W
+ 5 more games

Van Wert has gone 8-2 against Elida recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Van Wert Cougars will venture away from home to challenge the Elida Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m.

Last Saturday, Van Wert was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 45-44 to Ottoville. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Elida had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They took down the Cardinals 70-53.

Elida pushed their record up to 5-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.0 points per game. As for Van Wert, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.

Van Wert came up short against Elida when the teams last played back in February, falling 52-46. Can Van Wert avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.