Basketball Game Preview: Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders vs. Palisades Pirates

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Previous Games

12/11/23 - Home	72-27 W
01/28/23 - Home	64-26 W
12/12/22 - Away	73-39 W
01/22/22 - Away	73-45 W
12/14/21 - Home	68-47 W
+ 5 more games

Notre Dame-Green Pond is 10-0 against Palisades since December of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders will head out on the road to challenge the Palisades Pirates at 6:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Notre Dame-Green Pond has four straight wins, Palisades has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

If Notre Dame-Green Pond beats Palisades with 69 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Notre Dame-Green Pond took down Salisbury Township 69-52 on Tuesday. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Falcons are ranked 330th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Palisades came up short against Palmerton on Tuesday and fell 54-43.

Notre Dame-Green Pond will have to keep a close watch on Lincoln Cook and Blake Oglialoro, a pair of players who had a big impact on Palisades' prior game. Cook posted 17 points, while Oglialoro had nine points and four steals.

Notre Dame-Green Pond's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.8 points per game. As for Palisades, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-12.

Everything came up roses for Notre Dame-Green Pond against Palisades in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, as the team secured a 72-27 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Notre Dame-Green Pond since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.