On Saturday, the Northwest Indians earned a 73-61 victory over the East Tigers. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 151st, while the Tigers are ranked 431st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Several Tigers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Daeshawn Fiore, who posted 21 points. That was a full 34.4% of East's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's put up more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Aaron Britford, who scored 16 points.
Indians
| 01/18/25 vs East | 73-61 |
| 01/17/25 @ Triway | 61-51 |
The win made it two in a row for Northwest and bumps their season record up to 10-4. As for East, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.
Northwest will face off against Manchester at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Manchester has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 2-1 during that stretch of close contests. As for East, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the East Tigers duke it out with the Columbus International Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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