The Oak Hall Eagles and the Saint Francis Catholic Wolves will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Thursday, Oak Hall was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 59-58 to Bronson.
Meanwhile, Saint Francis Catholic had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They really took it to the Eagles for the full four quarters, racking up a 71-42 win. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Wolves had established a 21 point advantage.
Oak Hall better keep an eye on William Collett. He was instrumental in Saint Francis Catholic's win, going 7 of 12 from beyond the arc en route to 25 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonah Powers, who went 5 for 10 on his way to 12 points and eight boards.
Saint Francis Catholic pushed their record up to 9-7 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.5 points per game. As for Oak Hall, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-12 record this season.
Oak Hall came up short against Saint Francis Catholic in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, falling 62-49. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Saint Francis Catholic's Liam Banks, who went 10 of 14 en route to 23 points. Now that Oak Hall knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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