Basketball Game Preview: Continental Pirates vs. Ottoville Big Green

Continental is 1-9 against Ottoville since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Continental Pirates will face off against the Ottoville Big Green at 7:30 p.m.

Continental is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Saturday. They were dealt a 64-37 loss at the hands of Columbus Grove. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 779th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 217th).

Meanwhile, Ottoville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 36-34 win over Kalida on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Big Green.

Continental's defeat dropped their record down to 1-17. As for Ottoville, they pushed their record up to 13-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.

Continental was dealt a bruising 58-23 loss at the hands of Ottoville in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Can Continental avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.