The Hughes BIG RED will venture away from home to take on the Northwest Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hughes knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten games -- so hopefully Northwest likes a good challenge.
Hughes will bounce into Saturday's match after beating Taft, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Hughes blew past Taft 74-51 on Friday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 43-20.
Meanwhile, Northwest waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They secured a 52-47 W over the Fighting Owls. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 180th, while the Fighting Owls are ranked 585th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hughes is also on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.2 points per game. As for Northwest, they pushed their record up to 13-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
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