The River View Black Bears will venture away from home to take on the Philo Electrics at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Tuesday, River View lost to John Glenn at home by a 74-55 margin. While losing is never fun, the Black Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 595th, while the Little Muskies are ranked 42nd).
Meanwhile, Philo played a tough game on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against John Glenn, falling 85-60. The Electrics were down 67-41 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
River View's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-14. As for Philo, they now have a losing record of 9-10.
River View skirted past Philo 59-56 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Black Bears 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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