The Miami Trace Panthers will square off against the Hillsboro Indians at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Miami Trace sitting on ten straight wins and Hillsboro on three.
It was a proper cat-fight when Miami Trace duked it out withCircleville on Saturday. Miami Trace rang in the new year with a 51-43 victory over Circleville. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Tigers are ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Hillsboro on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Adena out of the water with a 70-20 final score. With the Indians ahead 48-13 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Hillsboro's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Miami Trace, their victory was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0.
Miami Trace strolled past Hillsboro in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 by a score of 59-40. Does Miami Trace have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hillsboro turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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