The Northwest Mohawks are taking a road trip to square off against the Eastern Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Northwest has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Eastern will come in with nine straight wins.
Northwest is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Eastern on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Northwest came up short against Eastern, falling 59-39. While losing is never fun, the Mohawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 454th, while the Eagles are ranked 162nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eastern). They came out on top in a nail-biter against Cincinnati Country Day on Friday, sneaking past 71-68.
Northwest's loss dropped their record down to 11-11. As for Eastern, their victory bumped their record up to 17-4.
Northwest came up short against Eastern in their previous matchup back in February of 2017, falling 35-27. Can Northwest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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