Basketball Game Preview: Skutt Catholic SkyHawks vs. Bennington Badgers

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01/30/24 - Away	51-41 W
01/31/23 - Home	78-33 W
02/21/22 - Home	62-57 W
02/01/22 - Away	73-49 W
02/16/21 - Away	51-45 W
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Skutt Catholic has gone 8-2 against Bennington recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Skutt Catholic SkyHawks will welcome the Bennington Badgers at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Bennington will be up against a hot Skutt Catholic team: the squad just extended their winning streak to seven. Skutt Catholic was the clear victor by an 81-57 margin over Omaha Central on Friday. Given the SkyHawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked second, while the Eagles are ranked 68th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

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 Bennington on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Hastings out of the water with a 70-26 final score. With the Badgers ahead 41-16 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

The win (which was Bennington's third in a row) raised their record to 15-3. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.0 points per game. As for Skutt Catholic, they pushed their record up to 18-1 with the victory, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season.

Skutt Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over Bennington in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, winning 51-41. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Bennington's Skylar Johnson, who went 6 for 9 from beyond the arc on her way to 20 points. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Skutt Catholic still be able to contain Johnson? There's only one way to find out.