West Seattle is 2-8 against O'Dea since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. West Seattle are taking a road trip to take on the O'Dea Fighting Irish at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, West Seattle came up short against Eastside Catholic and fell 71-61. While losing is never fun, West Seattle can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while Eastside Catholic is ranked 27th).
Meanwhile, O'Dea unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Tuesday. The matchup between them and Rainier Beach didn't end well, with O'Dea falling 82-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (58), the Fighting Irish still had to take the loss.
West Seattle now has a losing record at 7-8. As for O'Dea, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-6.
West Seattle came up short against O'Dea in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 66-54. Can West Seattle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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