The Northwood Rangers had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Lima Central Catholic as Northwood made off with a 46-26 victory. Fans of Northwood have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season ended as a blowout.
Northwood had a senior duo take command as Autumn Schroeder scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and four steals and Natalie Thompson scored 11 points along with nine steals and six rebounds. The match was Thompson's third in a row with at least ten points. Bree Bolden was another key contributor, scoring six points along with ten rebounds.
Northwood pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Lima Central Catholic, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7.
Northwood will head out on the road to face off against Vanlue at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Vanlue focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Thursday. Lima Central Catholic will be home for the holidays to greet Perry at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Perry focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Monday.
