Pickerington North is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Dublin Coffman is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Pickerington North Panthers will take on the Dublin Coffman Shamrocks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Pickerington North scored the most points they've had all season to find success two weeks ago. They really took it to Lincoln for the full four quarters, racking up a 68-36 victory at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-18.
Pickerington North can attribute much of their success to Arness Lawson, who scored 20 points along with seven rebounds and six assists, and Favor Mcfadden, who almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine rebounds. Lawson hasn't dropped below two steals for 16 straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaiden Vital, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.
Meanwhile, everything went Dublin Coffman's way against Worthington Kilbourne on Tuesday as Dublin Coffman made off with a 67-47 victory. Given Dublin Coffman's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while Worthington Kilbourne is ranked 328th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pickerington North's win bumped their record up to 13-8. As for Dublin Coffman, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season.
Pickerington North came out on top in a nail-biter against Dublin Coffman in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, sneaking past 57-54. Will Pickerington North repeat their success, or does Dublin Coffman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
