Fredericktown is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Northridge is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Fredericktown Freddies will host the Northridge Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Fredericktown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against Madison Plains as Fredericktown made off with a 49-29 victory. Given the Freddies' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked 398th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cally Carpenter was her usual excellent self, going 7-for-15 to rack up 18 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Fredericktown's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kennedy Algire, who posted nine points and five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Northridge posted their biggest win since December 28, 2024 on Thursday. They blew past Tree of Life Christian 49-15. The team accrued 40 points in the first half and coasted on those for the victory.
Fredericktown better keep an eye on Ava Travis. She was instrumental in Northridge's win, going 9-for-12 en route to 21 points and eight steals. Travis has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 20 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Naia Moore, who had five points and three steals.
Fredericktown has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.1 points over those games. As for Northridge, their win bumped their record up to 13-9.
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