The Richmond Heights Spartans will square off against the Perry Pirates at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
Richmond Heights is headed into the game having just suffered their biggest loss since November 24, 2024 on Monday. They came up short against St. Vincent-St. Mary, falling 61-35. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Fighting Irish are ranked 20th).
Meanwhile, Perry entered their tilt with Orange on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Lions 63-29. The Pirates have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four contests by 33 points or more this season.
Perry is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Richmond Heights, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-4.
Richmond Heights took their victory against Perry in their previous meeting back in December of 2024 by a conclusive 39-19. Will Richmond Heights repeat their success, or does Perry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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