Preview: St. Xavier Rams vs. Hanover Wildcats
The St. Xavier Rams will head out on the road to take on the Hanover Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Xavier has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Last Friday, St. Xavier got the win against Peabody-Burns by a conclusive 51-25. St. Xavier pushed the score to 51-17 by the end of the third, a deficit Peabody-Burns cut but never quite recovered from.
Hanover has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a 61-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Axtell on Monday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Hanover in their matchups with Axtell: they've now lost four in a row.
St. Xavier's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-10. As for Hanover, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-5.
St. Xavier was dealt a bruising 77-28 defeat at the hands of Hanover in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hanover's Garrett Martin, who scored 23 points. Now that St. Xavier knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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