Basketball Game Preview: Buchtel Griffins vs. Garfield Community Learning Center Golden Rams

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Previous Games

01/10/25 - Away	57-52 W
02/02/24 - Neutral	70-52 W
01/26/24 - Away	62-50 W
12/19/23 - Home	77-45 W
12/06/22 - Neutral	70-58 W
+ 5 more games

Buchtel is 10-0 against Garfield Community Learning Center since January of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Buchtel Griffins will host the Garfield Community Learning Center Golden Rams at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Garfield Community Learning Center will be up against a hot Buchtel squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Buchtel was the clear victor by a 65-40 margin over East on Tuesday. Given the Griffins' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Dragons are ranked 583rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Garfield Community Learning Center had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They blew past the Falcons, posting a 79-43 win.

Buchtel is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Garfield Community Learning Center, their victory bumped their record up to 11-4.

Buchtel didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Garfield Community Learning Center when the teams last played on January 10th, but they still walked away with a 57-52 win. Does Buchtel have another victory up their sleeve, or will Garfield Community Learning Center turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.