Basketball Game Preview: Carey Blue Devils vs. Gibsonburg Golden Bears

The Carey Blue Devils will challenge the Gibsonburg Golden Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Carey is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.

Carey is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 51-44 victory over Woodmore. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Wildcats are ranked 372nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Gibsonburg came tearing into Thursday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.3 points), and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 37-29.

Gibsonburg pushed their record up to 19-5 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.1 points over those games. As for Carey, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.