Basketball Game Preview: Middletown Knights vs. Catoctin Cougars

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Previous Games

02/09/24 - Away	82-58 W
12/19/23 - Home	62-51 W
01/31/23 - Home	65-44 W
01/20/23 - Home	62-49 W
12/13/22 - Away	70-52 W
+ 5 more games

Middletown has gone 9-1 against Catoctin recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Middletown Knights will take on the Catoctin Cougars in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. Middletown will be strutting in after a win while Catoctin will be coming in after a defeat.

Middletown got their first taste of in-conference action this week and they started things off strong. They skirted past Walkersville 41-38. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.

Meanwhile, Catoctin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss dating back to last season. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Smithsburg an easy 76-50 victory. One positive for the Cougars, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.

Middletown pushed their record up to 2-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.4 points per game. As for Catoctin, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.

Everything went Middletown's way against Catoctin when the teams last played back in February, as Middletown made off with an 82-58 victory. Will Middletown repeat their success, or does Catoctin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.