Basketball Game Preview: Cedar Catholic Trojans vs. Pender Pendragons

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Previous 6 Games

12/28/22 - Neutral	74-21 W
12/28/20 - Away	69-43 W
12/31/18 - Neutral	82-39 W
12/28/17 - Neutral	70-58 W
12/28/16 - Home	69-17 W
12/29/15 - Neutral	66-22 W

Cedar Catholic has gone 6-0 against Pender recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The two teams will round out the year against one another at at 2:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.

Cedar Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Crofton 74-52 on Tuesday. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Trojans just coasted through the last quarter.

Meanwhile, Pender put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Stanton to the tune of 51-21. Given the Pendragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Mustangs are ranked 225th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Pender's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-0. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.7 points per game. As for Cedar Catholic, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.

Everything came up roses for Cedar Catholic against Pender in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, as the team secured a 74-21 win. Will Cedar Catholic repeat their success, or does Pender have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.