Basketball Game Preview: Archbishop Murphy Wildcats vs. Meadowdale Mavericks

The Archbishop Murphy Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Meadowdale Mavericks at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.

It was a proper cat-fight when Archbishop Murphy duked it out withLynden on Monday. Archbishop Murphy took a hard 61-45 fall against Lynden. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 153rd, while the Lions are ranked 17th).

Meanwhile, Meadowdale entered their tilt with Juanita on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Ravens as they made off with a 72-46 win. While the Mavericks didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Archbishop Murphy dropped their record down to 4-6 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. As for Meadowdale, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3.

Archbishop Murphy came up short against Meadowdale when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 62-50. Can Archbishop Murphy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.