Northwestern played a tough matchup on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were beaten by the Norwayne Bobcats 80-29. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 764th, while the Bobcats are ranked 82nd).
Tyson Hess continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Norwayne, going 7 of 11 on his way to 18 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. Hess has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Parker Metsker was another key player, dropping a double-double on ten points and ten assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Northwestern and nudges their season record down to 2-17. As for Norwayne, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season.
Coming up, Northwestern and Orrville will face off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. One thing working in Orrville's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last eight contests. As for Norwayne, they will challenge Smithville at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Smithville comes in on seven and Norwayne on six.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
