The Brush Arcs and John Hay will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Brush is headed into the game having just suffered their closest defeat since February 13th on Tuesday. They fell just short of Bedford by a score of 55-53. While losing is never fun, the Arcs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 185th, while the Bearcats are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask John Hay). They claimed a resounding 82-44 win over Bard Early College. John Hay has beaten Bard Early College the last five times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest Bard Early College has come to flipping the script.
Brush better keep an eye on Quincy Boyd. He was instrumental in John Hay's win, putting up 14 points.
The victory got John Hay back to even at 3-3. As for Brush, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Everything came up roses for Brush against John Hay when the teams last played back in November of 2019, as the team secured a 92-28 win. Do the Arcs have another victory up their sleeve, or will John Hay turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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