The Orrville Red Riders will head out to square off against the Columbia Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Orrville knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine contests -- so hopefully Columbia likes a good challenge.
Orrville will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Northwestern, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Orrville took their match on Saturday with ease, bagging a 79-51 win over Northwestern. Given the Red Riders' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 339th, while the Huskies are ranked 761st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Columbia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Keystone, falling 77-56. The Raiders were down 62-40 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Columbia now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Orrville, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Orrville was dealt a bruising 68-40 loss at the hands of Columbia when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Can Orrville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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