The Norwayne Bobcats are taking a road trip to challenge the Smithville Smithies at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Norwayne is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Northwestern: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Norwayne blew Northwestern out of the water with an 80-29 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bobcats had established a 42 point advantage.
Meanwhile, Smithville entered their tilt with Rittman on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Indians 67-36. Given the Smithies' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Indians are ranked 793rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Norwayne is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.6 points over those games. As for Smithville, they pushed their record up to 18-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Norwayne strolled past Smithville when the teams last played back in January by a score of 52-37. The rematch might be a little tougher for Norwayne since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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