The Lake Center Christian Tiger will take on the Rootstown Rovers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Lake Center Christian has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight defeats, while Rootstown will come in with five straight victories.
Lake Center Christian is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Manchester on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lake Center Christian was outmatched by Manchester and fell 52-24. The Tiger were down 47-19 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Rootstown against Riverside on Sunday as the squad secured a 74-45 win. The Rovers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten games by 22 points or more this season.
Rootstown had a senior duo take command as Nadia Lough went 5 of 9 on her way to 15 points in addition to eight boards and five assists and Addy Germann went 6 for 8 from beyond the arc en route to 20 points. Colbie Curall was another key player, putting up nine points and seven rebounds.
Rootstown pushed their record up to 15-1 with the victory, which was their 22nd straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.4 points. As for Lake Center Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
Lake Center Christian took a serious blow against Rootstown when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 60-3. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lake Center Christian was down 39-3.
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