We've got a battle between Titans coming up. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Saturday, Berea-Midpark was fully in charge, breezing past North Ridgeville 57-21. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 130th, while the Rangers are ranked 364th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lorain had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Cardinals with a sharp 55-34 victory. The Titans pushed the score to 49-27 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals cut but never quite recovered from.
Lorain's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-8. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 23.2 points. As for Berea-Midpark, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Berea-Midpark against Lorain when the teams last played back in February of 2024, as the team secured a 57-17 victory. Does Berea-Midpark have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lorain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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