Having just played yesterday, the Twinsburg Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Mayfield Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Twinsburg is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering North Royalton just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 55-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bears. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 287th, while the Bears are ranked 51st).
Mayfield fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They came out on top against Chardon by a score of 74-67 on Friday. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by exactly seven points.
Mayfield's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-8. As for Twinsburg, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Twinsburg was able to grind out a solid victory over Mayfield when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 62-50. The rematch might be a little tougher for Twinsburg since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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