Basketball Recap: O'dea Sets Scoring Season-High Against Nathan Hale

Fighting Irish

Team Score

01/18/25 @ Nathan Hale	96
12/20/24 vs Timberline	88
12/13/24 vs Nathan Hale	88
01/13/25 vs Garfield	70
12/21/24 vs Doherty	70

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask O'Dea). They took their matchup on Saturday with ease, bagging a 96-37 victory over the Nathan Hale Raiders. Given the Fighting Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Raiders are ranked 199th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

The win (which was O'Dea's fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-5. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.3 points per game. As for Nathan Hale, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-12.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. O'Dea will square off against Eastside Catholic at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. O'Dea is facing Eastside Catholic at the right time seeing as Eastside Catholic is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Nathan Hale, they will face off against Seattle Prep at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Seattle Prep's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.