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| 12/16/23 - Home | 55-38 W |
| 12/10/22 - Away | 52-39 W |
| 01/07/21 - Home | 66-27 W |
| 02/08/20 - Away | 43-46 L |
| 01/04/20 - Home | 43-38 W |
| + 4 more games |
St. Joseph Academy is 8-1 against Padua Franciscan since January of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The St. Joseph Academy Jaguars will face off against the Padua Franciscan Bruins at 4:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Saturday, St. Joseph Academy humbled St. Ursula Academy with a 55-15 victory. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Arrows are ranked 522nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Padua Franciscan had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Green Wave as they made off with a 52-32 victory. The Bruins have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 20 points or more this season.
St. Joseph Academy's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-6. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.0 points per game. As for Padua Franciscan, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season.
St. Joseph Academy strolled past Padua Franciscan when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a score of 55-38. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Joseph Academy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
