The Midview Middies and the Beaumont School Blue Streaks will round out the year against one another at at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Midview is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Berea-Midpark on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Midview had to suffer through a 64-26 loss at the hands of Berea-Midpark. The Middies were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 36-12.
Despite the defeat, Midview had strong showings from Leila Morgan, who posted eight points and three steals, and Leah DiFranco, who had seven points.
Meanwhile, Beaumont School was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell 52-45 to Walsh Jesuit. While losing is never fun, the Blue Streaks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 597th, while the Warriors are ranked 253rd).
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Maria Goske and Kara Esterak. Esterak had a great game and earned 24 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Meanwhile, Goske was balling out in the loss, going 6 of 14 on her way to 21 points and five rebounds.
Midview now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Beaumont School, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Midview has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 30.1 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Beaumont School struggles in that department as they've been averaging 30.1 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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