Basketball Game Preview: Fisher Catholic Irish vs. Wellington School Jaguars

By Team Reports Jan 11, 2025, 12:02am

Basketball Preview: Fisher Catholic Irish vs. Wellington School Jaguars

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The Fisher Catholic Irish will take on the Wellington School Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Fisher Catholic's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Wellington School has been banged up by seven consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.

Fisher Catholic will head into Thursday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a 23-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 46-43 win over Delaware Christian. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Irish have posted since January 16, 2024.

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 22-22 at halftime, Wellington School was not quite Berne Union's equal in the second half on Thursday. They took a 50-46 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rockets. While the Jaguars didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Rockets 14-7 in the first quarter.

Wellington School's defeat dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Fisher Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.

Everything went Fisher Catholic's way against Wellington School in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, as Fisher Catholic made off with a 54-29 win. Will Fisher Catholic repeat their success, or does Wellington School have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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