Preview: Carondelet Cougars vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish
The Carondelet Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Carondelet had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 77-39 win over the Wildcats at home. Carondelet has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 18 matchups by 25 points or more this season.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory has not done well against Salesian College Preparatory recently (they were 1-7 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Everything went Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory's way against Salesian College Preparatory as Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory made off with a 61-41 win. Given Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 12th, while Salesian College Preparatory is ranked 62nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Carondelet's win bumped their record up to 27-6. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season.
Carondelet couldn't quite finish off Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory when the teams last played back in December of 2022 and fell 58-56. Can Carondelet avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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