Basketball Game Preview: Hoover Vikings vs. Carrollton Warriors

The Hoover Vikings will take on the Carrollton Warriors at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Hoover will be strutting in after a win while Carrollton will be coming in after a defeat.

If Hoover beats Carrollton with 44 points on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Hoover came out on top against Lake by a score of 44-35 on Saturday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Blue Streaks are ranked 300th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Carrollton was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Monday as they fell 52-47 to Strasburg-Franklin.

Hoover is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Carrollton, their loss dropped their record down to 14-6.

Things could have been worse for Hoover, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 53-36 loss to Carrollton in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Carrollton's Kylie Ujcich, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 steals. Now that Hoover knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.