Basketball Game Preview: Clearfield Bison vs. Elk County Catholic Crusaders

The Clearfield Bison will head out to square off against the Elk County Catholic Crusaders at 2:45 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.

Clearfield is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Curwensville to the tune of 86-56 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Bison have posted since January 8th.

Braison Patrick

Points

02/14/25 @ Curwensville	42
02/13/25 @ Bellefonte	28
02/10/25 @ Tyrone	24
02/07/25 vs Bishop Guilfoyle	23
02/04/25 vs DuBois Central Catholic	17
+ 3 more games

It was another big night for Braison Patrick, who dropped a double-double with 42 points and ten rebounds. The contest was his eighth in a row with at least 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ev Maines, who went 6-for-15 en route to 15 points.

Meanwhile, Elk County Catholic put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past St. Marys 53-21. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Flying Dutch are ranked 511th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

The win made it two in a row for Clearfield and bumps their season record up to 13-9. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.0 points over those games. As for Elk County Catholic, their victory was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 23-0.