Basketball Game Preview: Charlotte Catholic Cougars vs. Butler Bulldogs

The Charlotte Catholic Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Butler Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Charlotte Catholic sitting on seven straight victories and Butler on ten.

It was a proper cat-fight when Charlotte Catholic faced off against Garinger on Tuesday. Charlotte Catholic breezed by Garinger to the tune of 50-9. The Cougars pushed the score to 48-4 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats cut but never quite recovered from.

Charlotte Catholic's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Dani Lupinski, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 boards, and Maggie Kernodle, who went 6 of 13 en route to 17 points and five assists. The dominant performance gave Lupinski a new career-high in points. Caroline Fey was another key player, putting up four points and nine rebounds.

Meanwhile, everything went Butler's way against Rocky River on Tuesday as Butler made off with a 57-36 win. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 16 contests by 21 points or more this season.

Butler's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.5 points per game. As for Charlotte Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-8 record this season.

Charlotte Catholic came up short against Butler when the teams last played back in January, falling 50-45. Can Charlotte Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.