Basketball Game Preview: North Ridgeville Rangers vs. Elyria Pioneers

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Previous Games

02/02/24 - Home	65-51 W
01/05/24 - Away	80-51 W
02/04/23 - Home	52-34 W
12/21/22 - Away	63-22 W
02/05/22 - Away	37-30 W
+ 3 more games

North Ridgeville has gone 8-0 against Elyria recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The North Ridgeville Rangers will be home for the holidays to greet the Elyria Pioneers at 11:15 a.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

North Ridgeville came up into this matchup off a tough 35-point loss on Saturday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Avon by a score of 44-42 on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Rangers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 452nd, while the Eagles are ranked 84th).

Meanwhile, Elyria was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 25th straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against Olmsted Falls, falling 70-38.

This is the second loss in a row for North Ridgeville and nudges their season record down to 2-5. As for Elyria, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.

North Ridgeville strolled past Elyria in their previous meeting back in February by a score of 65-51. Does North Ridgeville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Elyria turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.