Preview: Notre Dame Jugglers vs. Holland Patent Golden Knights
The Notre Dame Jugglers will be playing at home against the Holland Patent Golden Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Notre Dame is still on the hunt for that elusive first 'W'.
Notre Dame pushed their score all the way to 58 last Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were beaten by Rome Free Academy 118-58. While losing is never fun, Notre Dame can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 674th, while Rome Free Academy is ranked 28th).
Meanwhile, Holland Patent's game two weeks ago was all tied up 25-25 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They took down Oneida 67-53.
Notre Dame dropped their record down to 0-6 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Holland Patent, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Notre Dame took a serious blow against Holland Patent in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 74-39. The match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Notre Dame was down 40-16.
