The Riverside Pirates and the Arcanum Trojans will face off at 7:15 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. The timing isn't great for Riverside: they have been struggling with five straight losses at home, while Arcanum has snatched up four consecutive wins on the road.
On Friday, Riverside came up short against Bethel and fell 52-43. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 717th, while the Bees are ranked 258th).
Meanwhile, Arcanum strolled past Bradford with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 57-41.
Arcanum's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-5. As for Riverside, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.
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