Basketball Game Preview: Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks vs. South Laurel Cardinals

The Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks and the South Laurel Cardinals will round out the year against one another at at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. Archbishop McCarthy will be strutting in after a win while South Laurel will be coming in after a defeat.

If Archbishop McCarthy beats South Laurel with 71 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Archbishop McCarthy blew past Key West 71-29 on Saturday. The game marked the Mavericks' most dominant victory of the season so far.

Meanwhile, South Laurel unfortunately witnessed the end of their 11-game winning streak dating back to last season on Saturday. They fell 63-54 to Bryan Station. The loss was the Cardinals' first of the season.

Archbishop McCarthy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for South Laurel, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.