The Central Catholic Fighting Irish and the Pickerington North Panthers will face off at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Central Catholic is headed into Saturday's game hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They were two points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 60-58 heartbreaker at the hands of University of Detroit Jesuit. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 27th in Ohio, while the Cubs are ranked first in Michigan).
Meanwhile, Pickerington North entered their tilt with Westerville Central on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 59-48 win over the Warhawks. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly 11 points.
Pickerington North's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-3. As for Central Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-4.
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