The Clyde Fliers will head out on the road to face off against the Perkins Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Clyde will bounce into Friday's game after beating Columbian, who they had gone 1-7-1 against in their nine prior meetings. Clyde strolled past Columbian with points to spare on Monday, taking the game 72-56. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Fliers.
Meanwhile, Perkins came tearing into Monday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Crimson Flashes 68-32. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Crimson Flashes are ranked 556th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Perkins' win was their sixth 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 69.8 points per game. As for Clyde, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 3-4.
Clyde came up short against Perkins when the teams last played back in January, falling 74-69. Can Clyde avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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