The Northview Wildcats and the Central Catholic Fighting Irish will round out the year against one another at at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Northview is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Northview is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Scott 84-14 on Saturday. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 28 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-31, which was the final score in Central Catholic's tilt against Archbishop Hoban on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 268th, while the Knights are ranked eighth).
Northview pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 15.7 points per game. As for Central Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Northview strolled past Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in November of 2020 by a score of 67-50. Does Northview have another victory up their sleeve, or will Central Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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