The Northwest Knights will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Middletown Middies at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Northwest lost to Aiken at home by a decisive 84-67 margin. While losing is never fun, Northwest can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 364th, while Aiken is ranked 55th).
Meanwhile, Middletown didn't have too much trouble with Colerain on the road on Monday as they won 75-56. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Middletown.
Northwest has not been sharp recently as the team has lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-11 record this season. As for Middletown, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.
Northwest came up short against Middletown in their previous meeting back in March of 2015, falling 48-44. Can Northwest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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