Basketball Recap: Five Straight Home Wins for Oak Harbor

It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Oak Harbor ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They snuck past the Maumee Panthers with a 60-55 victory. The win almost wasn't to be: the Rockets were down 42-28 in the third quarter.

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Previous 5 Games (Home)

01/23/25 vs Maumee	60-55
01/09/25 vs Otsego	53-27
12/23/24 vs Vermilion	60-53
12/21/24 vs Perkins	47-36
12/17/24 vs Eastwood	43-35

Oak Harbor pushed their record up to 14-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.6 points per game. As for Maumee, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-6 record this season.

Oak Harbor has already played their next game (against Margaretta), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Maumee Panthers face off against the Liberty Center Tigers at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.