Basketball Game Preview: Struthers Wildcats vs. Ursuline Fighting Irish

The Struthers Wildcats will challenge the Ursuline Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Struthers has now lost 14 straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 20.

Struthers is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Poland Seminary on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Struthers came up short against Poland Seminary, falling 72-51. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 747th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 262nd).

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Ursuline, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They enjoyed a cozy 61-47 victory over Cardinal Mooney on Friday.

Ursuline's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points over those games. As for Struthers, their loss dropped their record down to 2-20.

Struthers was dealt a bruising 83-51 defeat at the hands of Ursuline when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can Struthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.