Basketball Game Preview: New Miami Vikings vs. St. Bernard-Elmwood Place Titans

The New Miami Vikings will square off against the St. Bernard-Elmwood Place Titans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. New Miami is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 82-35, which was the final score in New Miami's tilt against Seven Hills on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 839th, while the Stingers are ranked 261st).

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for St. Bernard-Elmwood Place, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They came out on top against Miami Valley Christian Academy by a score of 58-51 on Thursday.

The win got St. Bernard-Elmwood Place back to even at 8-8. As for New Miami, their loss dropped their record down to 2-15.

New Miami suffered a grim 59-33 defeat to St. Bernard-Elmwood Place in their previous meeting on January 3rd. Can New Miami avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.