The Finneytown Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Batavia Bulldogs at 7:15 p.m. on Saturday.
On Friday, Finneytown came up short against Taylor and fell 60-52. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Yellowjackets recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Batavia came tearing into Friday's match with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Lions 42-39. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 230th, while the Lions are ranked 593rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Batavia's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-3. As for Finneytown, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11.
Finneytown came up short against Batavia when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 52-43. Can Finneytown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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