Northridge hasn't had much luck against Grandview Heights recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Northridge Vikings will be playing at home against the Grandview Heights Bobcats at 6:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Northridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 73-34 victory over Danville. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 46-23.
Ava Travis was her usual excellent self, going 14 for 21 on her way to 31 points and six steals. That makes it nine consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Northridge's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Cora Hill, who made all 5 shots she took to post 12 points and seven steals.
Northridge was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in January.
Meanwhile, Grandview Heights came up short against Whitehall-Yearling last Friday and fell 69-56. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 562nd, while the Rams are ranked 250th).
Northridge now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Grandview Heights, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6.
Northridge came up short against Grandview Heights when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 56-51. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Grandview Heights' Tatum Lusher, who went 11 of 21 on her way to 29 points in addition to eight boards and three steals. Now that Northridge knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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