The Cleveland Heights Tigers will challenge the Strongsville Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Cleveland Heights made easy work of Cleveland Central Catholic and carried off a 67-45 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Tigers just coasted through the last quarter.
Cleveland Heights' victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Paige Swoope, who went 7 for 9 en route to 18 points plus five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Swoope a new career-high in offensive rebounds (two). Robbie Caldwell was another key player, dropping a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Strongsville put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Euclid, posting a 56-16 win.
Strongsville's victory was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36.8 points. As for Cleveland Heights, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Cleveland Heights was dealt a bruising 70-38 defeat at the hands of Strongsville when the teams last played back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Cleveland Heights was down 46-12.
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