The Bellevue Redmen and the Columbian Tornadoes will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bellevue is headed into the match having just posted their biggest win since February 3rd on Tuesday. They blew past Huron 57-35. Given the Redmen's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the Tigers are ranked 326th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Columbian, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They breezed by Waite to the tune of 62-34 on Wednesday. The Tornadoes pushed the score to 48-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians had little chance of recovering from.
The victory made it two in a row for Bellevue and bumps their season record up to 4-2. As for Columbian, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Bellevue beat Columbian 46-35 when the teams last played back in February. Does Bellevue have another victory up their sleeve, or will Columbian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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