The Meridian Bobcats will take on the Waterloo Bulldogs at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Meridian has nine straight wins, Waterloo has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Meridian will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Vienna, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Meridian put the hurt on Vienna with a sharp 74-53 victory on Tuesday. The Bobcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matchups by 21 points or more this season.
| 01/28/25 vs Vienna | 5 |
| 01/27/25 vs Cobden | 6 |
| 01/25/25 @ Benton | 2 |
It was another big night for AJ Flenoid, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and 13 rebounds. He has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Javionne Ranson, who went 6 for 7 on his way to 16 points.
Meanwhile, Waterloo came up short against Mascoutah on Friday and fell 50-38.
Meridian is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Waterloo, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-8.
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