The Elyria Catholic Panthers and the Perkins Pirates will round out the year against one another at at 7:00 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.
Elyria Catholic is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They were six points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 65-59 heartbreaker at the hands of Lake Catholic. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 558th, while the Cougars are ranked 211th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Perkins, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They took their contest on Saturday with ease, bagging an 86-49 victory over Fostoria.
Perkins pushed their record up to 2-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28 points. As for Elyria Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
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