Smith Center is 1-9 against Norton since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Smith Center Redmen will challenge the Norton Bluejays at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Monday, Smith Center didn't have too much trouble with Superior as they won 59-41. The Redmen pushed the score to 52-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Norton waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They took down the Red Devils 62-47. Given the Bluejays' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Red Devils are ranked 210th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Norton's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.8 points over those games. As for Smith Center, their victory bumped their record up to 5-11.
Smith Center came up short against Norton when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 58-45. Can Smith Center avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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