Kennedy Catholic will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Kennedy Catholic walked away with it. They put the hurt on the Crushers with a sharp 60-34 win on Friday.
It was another big night for Layke Fields, who dropped a double-double on 28 points and 14 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Kennedy Catholic's points. Another player making a difference was Monique Vincent, who scored 19 points along with five assists and two steals.
Meanwhile, Greensburg Central Catholic had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.7 points), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They claimed a resounding 56-26 victory over the Warriors on the road. Given Greensburg Central Catholic's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 30th, while Everett is ranked 142nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kennedy Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Greensburg Central Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 23-5.
Kennedy Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over Greensburg Central Catholic when the teams last played back in March of 2023, winning 56-44. Will Kennedy Catholic repeat their success, or does Greensburg Central Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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