The Northwest Knights will head out to take on the Mt. Healthy Fighting Owls at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Mt. Healthy took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Northwest, who comes in off a win.
If Mt. Healthy heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Northwest took over last week. Northwest rang in the new year with a 68-58 victory over Anderson on Saturday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Raptors are ranked 508th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Mt. Healthy was just a bucket shy of victory last Saturday and fell 54-53 to Anderson. The Fighting Owls have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Northwest pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Mt. Healthy, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Northwest came up short against Mt. Healthy in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 61-53. Can Northwest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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