The Taylor Yellowjackets will head out on the road to take on the Archbishop McNicholas Rockets at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Archbishop McNicholas took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Taylor, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, Taylor earned a 59-50 win over New Richmond. Given Taylor's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 296th, while New Richmond is ranked 603rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Archbishop McNicholas came up short against Bishop Fenwick on Saturday and fell 60-51. Archbishop McNicholas has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Archbishop McNicholas might have lost, but man, Andrew Ehlers was a machine: he almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds. That was a full 39.2% of Archbishop McNicholas' points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Waters, who scored 13 points along with two steals.
Taylor is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Archbishop McNicholas, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-11 record this season.
Taylor was dealt a bruising 72-20 defeat at the hands of Archbishop McNicholas when the teams last played back in February of 2018. Can Taylor avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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