Basketball Game Preview: Cathedral Fighting Irish vs. Zionsville Eagles

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Previous Games

02/20/24 - Away	68-50 W
02/21/23 - Home	67-55 W
02/22/22 - Away	74-62 W
12/30/20 - Home	68-65 W
12/27/19 - Neutral	72-75 L
+ 2 more games

Cathedral has gone 6-1 against Zionsville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Cathedral Fighting Irish will look to defend their home court against the Zionsville Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Cathedral knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 11 matchups -- so hopefully Zionsville likes a good challenge.

Cathedral is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Male, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Cathedral was ranked third). Cathedral strolled past Male with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 70-51.

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 21-21 at halftime, Zionsville was not quite Fishers' equal in the second half on Friday. They fell to the Tigers 56-50.

Cathedral will have to contain Maguire Mitchell as he made an impact in Zionsville's last game. He went 9-for-19 to rack up 29 points and eight boards. The game was Mitchell's third in a row with at least 17 points. Another player making a difference was Rylon Gore, who posted nine points.

Cathedral pushed their record up to 18-4 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 84.9 points over those games. As for Zionsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-11.

Cathedral strolled past Zionsville in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 by a score of 68-50. Will Cathedral repeat their success, or does Zionsville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.