Basketball Game Preview: St. Mary Central Catholic Panthers vs. Woodmore Wildcats

A feisty cat fight will be fought when the St. Mary Central Catholic Panthers challenge the Woodmore Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday... St. Mary Central Catholic has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with 28 straight losses, while Woodmore will come in with five straight victories.

St. Mary Central Catholic is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Calvert on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. St. Mary Central Catholic took a blow against Calvert, falling 52-18. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-9.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Woodmore on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew St. Joseph Central Catholic out of the water with a 52-25 final score. The Wildcats pushed the score to 40-16 by the end of the third, a deficit the Crimson Streaks had little chance of recovering from.

Woodmore pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.3 points per game. As for St. Mary Central Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.

St. Mary Central Catholic took a serious blow against Woodmore in their previous matchup back in February, falling 51-15. Can St. Mary Central Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.