The Bethel Bees will challenge the Miami East Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Bethel is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Northwestern: they outscored them in every quarter. Bethel put the hurt on Northwestern with a sharp 58-36 win on Tuesday. The contest marked the Bees' most dominant victory of the season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Miami East, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 59-33 margin over Greenon on Tuesday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 354th, while the Knights are ranked 750th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Miami East's win bumped their record up to 11-8. As for Bethel, they have also been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
Bethel was able to grind out a solid victory over Miami East in their previous meeting back in January, winning 59-49. Does Bethel have another victory up their sleeve, or will Miami East turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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