Basketball Game Preview: Arkport Central Bluejays vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

By Team Reports Feb 29, 2024, 3:14am

Preview: Arkport Central Bluejays vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

The Arkport Central Bluejays will take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Arkport Central sitting on three straight wins and Notre Dame on four.

Arkport Central extended their postseason success on Tuesday against Northstar Christian Academy. They strolled past the Knights with points to spare, taking the game 63-46. 63 seems to be a good number for Arkport Central as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.

Meanwhile, even though Fillmore scored an imposing 65 points on Tuesday, Notre Dame still came out on top. Notre Dame walked away with a 73-65 win over Fillmore.

Notre Dame had a senior duo take command as Jaden Sherwood scored 23 points along with eight rebounds and Ryan Fitzpatrick scored 21 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Antinore, who scored 11 points along with six steals.

Arkport Central is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Notre Dame, their win bumped their record up to 18-5.

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