Cleveland is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Bradley Central is on a 14-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Cleveland Blue Raiders will welcome the Bradley Central Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Cleveland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60.6 points per game this season.
Cleveland is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Chattanooga Christian just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 60-50 to the Chargers. The loss put an end to the Blue Raiders' undefeated start to the season.
Despite the loss, Cleveland saw an underclassman step up: freshman Ariyah Huffman went 8 for 20 en route to 21 points plus eight rebounds and four steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Huffman has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Ilianis Rodriguez, who scored 12 points plus five rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Bradley Central took their contest on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 59-16 victory over Knoxville Catholic. Fans of the Bears have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Having lost for the first time this season, Cleveland fell to 6-1. As for Bradley Central, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Cleveland was dealt a bruising 75-43 defeat at the hands of Bradley Central in their previous matchup back in February. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Cleveland was down 41-21.
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