Basketball Game Preview: Notre Dame Academy Regal Gryphons vs. Immaculate Heart Pandas

The Notre Dame Academy Regal Gryphons will venture away from home to square off against the Immaculate Heart Pandas at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Notre Dame Academy will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.

Notre Dame Academy will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 27) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Oakwood 39-37.

Meanwhile, Immaculate Heart suffered their closest defeat since January 23, 2024 on Friday. They fell just short of Crossroads by a score of 54-52.

Notre Dame Academy's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-9. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.0 points per game. As for Immaculate Heart, their loss dropped their record down to 11-3.

Notre Dame Academy strolled past Immaculate Heart in their previous matchup back in January of 2024 by a score of 44-29. Will Notre Dame Academy repeat their success, or does Immaculate Heart have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.