Maple Heights and Warrensville Heights are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Maple Heights Mustangs will head out to challenge the Warrensville Heights Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Maple Heights knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine matchups -- so hopefully Warrensville Heights likes a good challenge.
Warrensville Heights better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Maple Heights really get things going. Maple Heights was the clear victor by a 75-50 margin over Shaw on Wednesday. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 173rd, while the Cardinals are ranked 661st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Warrensville Heights unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Sunday. They fell just short of St. Edward by a score of 50-47.
Maple Heights is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.1 points per game. As for Warrensville Heights, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-4.
Maple Heights ended up a good deal behind Warrensville Heights in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, losing 58-44. Can Maple Heights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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