The Northwood Rangers and the Start Spartans will round out the year against one another at at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Northwood has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with ten straight defeats, while Start will come in with nine straight victories.
Northwood is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Ottawa Hills on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Northwood had to suffer through a 54-17 loss at the hands of Ottawa Hills. The Rangers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 30-5.
While Start didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They took down Genoa Area 56-37 on Saturday. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Comets are ranked 157th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Start pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.3 points per game. As for Northwood, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
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