Preview: Villa Angela-St. Joseph Vikings vs. Ursuline Fighting Irish
The Villa Angela-St. Joseph Vikings will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Ursuline Fighting Irish at 6:00 p.m. on March 14th. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph extended their postseason success on Saturday against Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Royals 60-58.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Villa Angela-St. Joseph to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sean Shenker, who scored 15 points. Another player making a difference was Quandell Wright, who scored 14 points.
Meanwhile, Ursuline waltzed into their match on Saturday with nine straight wins but they left with ten. They strolled past Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin with points to spare, taking the game 61-44. Given Ursuline's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin is ranked 235th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for Ursuline, they pushed their record up to 22-3 with that win, which was their tenth straight at home.
Everything went Villa Angela-St. Joseph's way against Ursuline when the teams last played back in March of 2015 as Villa Angela-St. Joseph made off with a 66-45 victory. Does Villa Angela-St. Joseph have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ursuline turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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