The Rocky River Ravens will venture away from home to take on the Butler Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Rocky River will head into Friday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They were beaten by Charlotte Catholic 102-65. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 204th, while the Cougars are ranked 40th).
Meanwhile, Butler waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They snuck past the Eagles with a 55-51 victory.
Butler is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.2 points per game. As for Rocky River, they dropped their record down to 8-11 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Rocky River came out on top in a nail-biter against Butler when the teams last played back in January, sneaking past 58-56. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rocky River since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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