The Cardinal Huskies will take on the Southeast Pirates at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday. Cardinal is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
Cardinal came up short against Mathews last Friday, falling 68-44. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 739th, while the Mustangs are ranked 263rd).
Meanwhile, Southeast's game on Friday was all tied up 14-14 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They snuck past Jackson-Milton with a 46-41 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
Southeast has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.8 points per game. As for Cardinal, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
Cardinal took a serious blow against Southeast when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 60-26. Thankfully for Cardinal, Garrett Sprutte (who dropped a double-double on 29 points and ten rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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