The Benedictine Bengals will face off against the Elyria Catholic Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Benedictine is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60.9 points per game this season.
Benedictine is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing John Adams: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Benedictine blew John Adams out of the water with a 69-20 final score. With the Bengals ahead 46-9 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Benedictine can attribute much of their success to Bryce Meitin, who went 5 for 10 on his way to 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonathon Spikes, who posted 11 points.
Benedictine smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 23 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Elyria Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They were five points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 54-49 heartbreaker at the hands of Lorain. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 637th, while the Titans are ranked 309th).
Benedictine's win bumped their record up to 4-7. As for Elyria Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
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