The Avon Lake Shoremen and the Magnificat Blue Streaks will compete for holiday cheer at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Avon Lake sitting on eight straight wins and Magnificat on five.
On Friday, Avon Lake took their contest with ease, bagging a 50-18 victory over Steele. Given the Shoremen's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Comets are ranked 550th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Magnificat on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Copley out of the water with a 60-19 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-11.
Magnificat's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.5 points per game. As for Avon Lake, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0.
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