Basketball Game Preview: Ogilvie Lions vs. Hinckley-Finlayson Jaguars

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Previous Games

01/11/24 - Home	88-49 W
12/07/23 - Away	69-68 W
01/24/23 - Home	52-47 W
12/13/22 - Neutral	68-48 W
01/25/22 - Away	69-60 W
+ 5 more games

Ogilvie is 9-1 against Hinckley-Finlayson since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Ogilvie Lions duke it out with the Hinckley-Finlayson Jaguars at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ogilvie has three straight wins, Hinckley-Finlayson has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Tuesday, everything came up roses for Ogilvie against East Central as the team secured a 79-48 victory. The Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 20 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 73-11, which was the final score in Hinckley-Finlayson's tilt against Braham on Tuesday. The contest marked the Jaguars' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Ogilvie has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 45.2 points. As for Hinckley-Finlayson, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.

Everything came up roses for Ogilvie against Hinckley-Finlayson in their previous matchup back in January, as the squad secured an 88-49 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hinckley-Finlayson's Haley Geiger, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 20 boards. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Ogilvie still be able to contain Geiger? There's only one way to find out.