The Paraclete Spirits will head out on the road to face off against the Ramona Convent Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Paraclete will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 990th, while Ramona Convent is ranked 242nd).
Last Tuesday, things could have been worse for Paraclete, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 50-33 loss to Sacred Heart of Jesus. Paraclete has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Ramona Convent came tearing into Tuesday's match with 14 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against San Gabriel Mission as Ramona Convent made off with a 45-19 win. Ramona Convent has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 23 points or more this season.
Paraclete's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-11. As for Ramona Convent, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-1.
Paraclete took a serious blow against Ramona Convent when the teams last played on January 5th, falling 54-26. Can Paraclete avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
