Basketball Game Preview: Bishop Watterson Eagles vs. Bishop Hartley Hawks

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Previous Games

01/16/25 - Home	55-47 W
02/08/24 - Home	52-23 W
01/18/24 - Away	51-16 W
01/12/23 - Away	52-39 W
02/12/22 - Neutral	48-44 W
+ 5 more games

Bishop Watterson is 10-0 against Bishop Hartley since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. It'll be a Battle of the Birds when the Bishop Watterson Eagles duke it out with the Bishop Hartley Hawks at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Last Monday, Bishop Watterson strolled past Groveport-Madison with points to spare, taking the game 60-42. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Cruisers are ranked 601st), 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 Bishop Hartley on Monday. They took down Hilliard Bradley 58-41. The victory was familiar territory for the Hawks who have now won three matches in a row.

Bishop Hartley's win bumped their record up to 14-5. As for Bishop Watterson, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-7.

Bishop Watterson beat Bishop Hartley 55-47 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bishop Watterson since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.