The Eastern Warriors will be taking part in a tournament against the Northwest Mohawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastern has nine straight wins, Northwest has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Eastern is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They had just enough and edged Cincinnati Country Day out 71-68. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 232nd, while the Nighthawks are ranked 520th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Northwest played a tough game on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 59-39 to Eastern.
Northwest's defeat dropped their record down to 11-11. As for Eastern, their victory bumped their record up to 17-4.
Eastern beat Northwest 35-27 when the teams last played back in February of 2017. Will Eastern repeat their success, or does Northwest have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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