The Mississinawa Valley Blackhawks will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Botkins Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mississinawa Valley has ten straight wins, Botkins has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Mississinawa Valley will bounce into Monday's contest after beating Parkway, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Mississinawa Valley walked away with a 48-35 victory over Parkway on Friday. Given the Blackhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 59th, while the Panthers are ranked 247th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Botkins took a blow against Russia on Saturday, falling 63-32.
Botkins' loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Mississinawa Valley, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0.
Mississinawa Valley strolled past Botkins in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 by a score of 60-45. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mississinawa Valley since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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