The Norton Panthers will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Streetsboro Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Thursday, Norton earned a 64-52 victory over Field. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Streetsboro on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Springfield out of the water with a 73-15 final score. With the Rockets ahead 46-11 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Streetsboro got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jack Batten out in front who went 5 for 6 en route to 14 points. The dominant performance also gave Batten a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (75%). Another player making a difference was Charles Ivory, who earned six points in addition to five steals.
Norton now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Streetsboro, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Norton skirted past Streetsboro 62-59 in their previous matchup back in January. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Streetsboro's Jackson Gula, who went 8 for 12 en route to 29 points plus five rebounds and two steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Norton still be able to contain Gula? There's only one way to find out.
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