Bellevue is 0-10 against Sandusky since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bellevue Redmen will head out on the road to challenge the Sandusky Blue Streaks at 7:30 p.m. Bellevue is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road.
Last Tuesday, Bellevue narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Ontario 54-51. Given Bellevue's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 87th, while Ontario is ranked 530th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Sandusky had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 points), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Saturday. They managed a 60-54 victory over Midview. Despite the win, that was the fewest points Sandusky has scored all season.
Sandusky's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Kobe Brown, who scored 20 points. Amir Aaron was another key contributor, scoring 13 points along with five assists and five rebounds.
Bellevue is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Sandusky, their win bumped their record up to 17-1.
Bellevue came up short against Sandusky when the teams last played back in January, falling 64-53. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sandusky's Jason Henlon, who scored 20 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. Now that Bellevue knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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