Basketball Game Preview: Rocky River Ravens vs. Charlotte Catholic Cougars

The Rocky River Ravens will venture away from home to face off against the Charlotte Catholic Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Last Saturday, it was close, but Rocky River sidestepped Grimsley for a 58-56 victory.

Jayden Ross continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, putting up 25 points. The matchup was his third in a row with at least ten points. Ronnie Little was another key player, scoring 14 points.

Meanwhile, Charlotte Catholic fought the good fight in their overtime game against Independence on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 72-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Patriots. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (63), the Cougars still had to take the loss.

Charlotte Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 15-5. As for Rocky River, their win bumped their record up to 8-10.

Rocky River ended up a good deal behind Charlotte Catholic in their previous meeting on January 3rd, losing 76-60. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Charlotte Catholic's King Rhodes, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and ten boards. Now that Rocky River knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.