The McKinley Bulldogs will head out on the road to take on the Green Bulldogs at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
McKinley is headed into the matchup having just suffered their biggest defeat since December 2, 2024 on Monday. They were outmatched by Brush and fell 67-34. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Arcs are ranked 27th).
Meanwhile, Green came tearing into Saturday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 59-47. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 49-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers cut but never quite recovered from.
Green pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points per game. As for McKinley, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-7.
McKinley lost to Green on the road by a decisive 64-46 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can McKinley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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