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Basketball Showdown: Lady Tigers Take on Solon Saturday

The 14-2 Solon Comets will battle the defending state champion 13-3 Twinsburg Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Solon.

The gym will be rocking Saturday night when the defending state champion Twinsburg Tigers pay a visit to the surging Lady Comets.

Solon enters the game with a 14-2 record, one game better than the 13-3 Tigers. But Twinsburg, led by standout Malina Howard, is ranked fourth in the state in the latest AP Poll, and handed Solon one of its two losses in a 51-35 game on Dec. 14.

Twinsburg enters the game with a win 57-40 win over Hathaway Brown. Howard led the effort with 24 points and Leah Fechko added 12 points.

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Solon defeated St. Vincent-St. Mary 83-57 on Wednesday, hitting a barage of three-pointers in the first half to take an early lead. Jaime Gluesing scored 28 points, Kristen Confroy added 21 points and Martha Thompson contributed 15 points.


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