The Lutheran East Falcons will venture away from home to square off against the St. Joseph Academy Jaguars at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lutheran East came up into this matchup off a tough 25-point loss on Saturday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of St. Vincent-St. Mary by a score of 47-45 on Wednesday. The Falcons have struggled against the Fighting Irish recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 61-32, which was the final score in St. Joseph Academy's tilt against Magnificat on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while the Blue Streaks are ranked fifth).
St. Joseph Academy's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-8. As for Lutheran East, their loss dropped their record down to 11-3.
Things could have been worse for Lutheran East, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 50-32 loss to St. Joseph Academy in their previous matchup back in November of 2021. Can Lutheran East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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