Basketball Game Preview: Upper Scioto Valley Rams vs. Temple Christian Pioneers

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Previous Games

01/26/24 - Away	67-34 W
12/16/22 - Away	59-29 W
12/17/21 - Home	65-45 W
01/15/21 - Neutral	66-30 W
01/17/20 - Home	80-44 W
+ 4 more games

Upper Scioto Valley has gone 8-1 against Temple Christian recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Upper Scioto Valley Rams will look to defend their home court against the Temple Christian Pioneers at 7:30 p.m.

Last Friday, Upper Scioto Valley was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 56-50 to Ridgemont. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 511th, while the Golden Gophers are ranked 245th).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Temple Christian). They took down Vanlue 65-51 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pioneers.

Temple Christian is also on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for Upper Scioto Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.

Everything came up roses for Upper Scioto Valley against Temple Christian in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, as the team secured a 67-34 victory. Does Upper Scioto Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Temple Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.