A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Lexington Wildcats take on the Cardinal Newman Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Friday... Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row, Lexington turned things around against Lower Richland on Sunday. They snuck past the Diamond Hornets with a 59-55 win.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman didn't have too much trouble with Westminster Catawba Christian on Monday as they won 63-49. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Indians are ranked 255th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cardinal Newman is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Lexington, their victory bumped their record up to 4-7.
Lexington took their win against Cardinal Newman in their previous matchup back in December of 2022 by a conclusive 62-38. Does Lexington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cardinal Newman turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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