North Ridgeville and Avon Lake are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The North Ridgeville Rangers will host the Avon Lake Shoremen at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
North Ridgeville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell 88-81 to Berea-Midpark on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (60), the Rangers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Avon Lake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were beaten by Olmsted Falls 84-56. While losing is never fun, the Shoremen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 620th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 231st).
North Ridgeville's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-7. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points per game. As for Avon Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Everything came up roses for North Ridgeville against Avon Lake in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, as the squad secured a 68-38 victory. Will North Ridgeville repeat their success, or does Avon Lake have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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