The O'Dea Fighting Irish will challenge the Eastside Catholic Crusaders at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (O'Dea has four straight victories, Eastside Catholic has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
O'Dea is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat Nathan Hale 96-37. 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.
Meanwhile, Eastside Catholic ended up a good deal behind Garfield on Saturday and lost 69-55.
O'Dea has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.2 points per game. As for Eastside Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 9-7.
O'Dea strolled past Eastside Catholic when the teams last played last Friday by a score of 69-54. The rematch might be a little tougher for O'Dea 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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