The Greeneview Rams will venture away from home to take on the Catholic Central Irish at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Tuesday, Greeneview needed a bit of extra time to put away Dixie. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, they made off with a 50-49 victory over the Greyhounds. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rams.
Meanwhile, Catholic Central had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Cardinals by a score of 75-62. Given the Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 366th, while the Cardinals are ranked 843rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Greeneview's record now sits at 8-11. As for Catholic Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Greeneview might still be hurting after the 62-42 defeat they got from Catholic Central when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Catholic Central's Zachary Thompson, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 11 boards. Now that Greeneview knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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