Lake Catholic and Padua Franciscan are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. The Lake Catholic Cougars will welcome the Padua Franciscan Bruins at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lake Catholic will bounce into Saturday's game after beating Kirtland, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Lake Catholic walked away with a 25-18 victory over Kirtland on Wednesday. The 25-point effort marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Padua Franciscan, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They greeted the New Year with with a 59-45 win over Lake Catholic.
Padua Franciscan pushed their record up to 6-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.0 points per game. As for Lake Catholic, they moved to 8-4 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
Lake Catholic ended up a good deal behind Padua Franciscan when the teams last played on Monday, losing 59-45. Will Lake Catholic have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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