The Ovid-Elsie Marauders will head out on the road to take on the Chesaning Indians at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Ovid-Elsie is looking to tack on another W to their 11-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Ovid-Elsie stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Hill-McCloy with a sharp 51-27 win. Given Ovid-Elsie's advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 59th, while Hill-McCloy is ranked 232nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Evalyn Cole was her usual excellent self, scoring 21 points along with five assists and three steals. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Hailee Campbell, who scored eight points along with 11 rebounds and five steals.
Chesaning has not had quite the year their fans were hoping for to this point, but back-to-back wins may be a sign of good things to come. They took their game at home on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 54-24 win over Nouvel Catholic Central. 54 seems to be a good number for Chesaning as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Ovid-Elsie is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season. As for Chesaning, their victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-13.
Everything went Ovid-Elsie's way against Chesaning when the teams last played back in December of 2023 as Ovid-Elsie made off with a 67-47 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ovid-Elsie since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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