The St. Xavier Bombers will venture away from home to challenge the La Salle Lancers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Xavier is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
St. Xavier will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Elder, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. St. Xavier strolled past Elder with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 46-30. Given the Bombers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Panthers are ranked 45th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Donovan Waleskowski was the offensive standout of the game as he posted 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Wassler, who scored nine points.
St. Xavier smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. They are 5-1 when they hit their own glass that hard.
Meanwhile, La Salle sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 31-28 win over Badin on Tuesday.
St. Xavier pushed their record up to 14-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for La Salle, their record now sits at 10-7.
St. Xavier was able to grind out a solid win over La Salle in their previous meeting on January 13th, winning 41-30. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Xavier since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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