The Houston Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Mississinawa Valley Blackhawks at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Thursday, Houston made easy work of Fairlawn and carried off a 47-26 victory. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 324th, while the Jets are ranked 657th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Mississinawa Valley over Tri-County North in every quarter on their way to victory on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mississinawa Valley blew Tri-County North out of the water with a 76-37 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Blackhawks had established a 37 point advantage.
Mississinawa Valley pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.3 points per game. As for Houston, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-8.
Houston was taken down by Mississinawa Valley 67-28 when the teams last played back in February of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Houston was down 36-16.
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