Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is 1-9 against Archbishop Riordan since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish will look to defend their home court against the Archbishop Riordan Crusaders at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory lost to Junipero Serra on the road by a 72-56 margin. While losing is never fun, the Fightin' Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 205th, while the Padres are ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, Archbishop Riordan had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 34.5 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They really took it to the Wildcats for the full four quarters, racking up a 73-30 win. 73 seems to be a good number for the Crusaders as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Archbishop Riordan pushed their record up to 16-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.3 points per game. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory took a serious blow against Archbishop Riordan in their previous matchup on January 7th, falling 75-26. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory was down 48-14.
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