The Elmwood Royals will head out to take on the Leipsic Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with six losses in a row, Elmwood turned things around against Delta on Saturday. They walked away with a 46-38 victory over the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Leipsic humbled Holgate with a 67-29 victory. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 380th, while the Tigers are ranked 778th), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leipsic has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.3 points per game. As for Elmwood, their win ended a nine-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-8.
Elmwood lost to Leipsic on the road by a decisive 67-49 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Leipsic's Tyler Lammers, who went 7 for 12 on his way to 17 points and three steals. Now that Elmwood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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