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| 02/07/24 - Home | 52-28 W |
| 01/06/24 - Away | 70-32 W |
| 01/21/23 - Home | 62-29 W |
| 01/07/23 - Away | 58-22 W |
| 01/19/22 - Away | 55-26 W |
| + 5 more games |
Mentor is 8-2 against Euclid since December of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Mentor Cardinals duke it out with the Euclid Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Mentor will be strutting in after a victory while Euclid will be coming in after a loss.
Last Wednesday, Mentor made easy work of North and carried off a 59-38 win. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Rangers are ranked 279th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Euclid was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost to South on the road by a 56-40 margin. One positive for the Panthers, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Mentor's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.7 points per game. As for Euclid, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Mentor's way against Euclid when the teams last played back in February, as Mentor made off with a 52-28 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mentor since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
