A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Northwestern Wildcats face off against the Maplewood Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday... Northwestern has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Northwestern turned things around against Eisenhower on Saturday. They snuck past the Knights with a 48-42 victory.
Meanwhile, Maplewood was just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 37-36 to Union City.
Maplewood's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Northwestern, their win ended a 14-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5.
Northwestern took their victory against Maplewood when the teams last played back in December of 2021 by a conclusive 60-36. Will Northwestern repeat their success, or does Maplewood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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