Basketball Preview: Buckeye Bucks vs. Bay Rockets
Buckeye is 1-6 against Bay since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Buckeye Bucks will host the Bay Rockets at 12:30 p.m. Hopefully Buckeye focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 31 on Monday.
Buckeye is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Cloverleaf on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Buckeye came up short against Cloverleaf, falling 52-31. The loss was the Bucks' first of the season.
Buckeye's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Ava Wolf, who earned ten points in addition to six rebounds and five assists, and Ruby Hudak, who had five points in addition to six steals and five rebounds. Hudak is crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kwynn Czerwony, who scored six points plus eight rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Bay beat Chagrin Falls 38-34 on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rockets.
Having lost for the first time this season, Buckeye fell to 2-1. As for Bay, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Buckeye was dealt a bruising 59-17 defeat at the hands of Bay when the teams last played back in November of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Buckeye was down 33-8.
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