The Catonsville Comets entered their tilt with the Patapsco Patriots with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Catonsville blew past Patapsco 51-29. Given Catonsville's advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Patapsco is ranked 208th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Patapsco's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Trinity Burk, who scored nine points.
Catonsville is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Patapsco, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-13.
Catonsville will be playing in front of their home fans against Towson on Monday. Catonsville is on a three-game streak of home wins, Towson a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for Patapsco, they will head out on the road to square off against Kenwood at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Patapsco focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 on Friday.
