Madonna is 2-8 against Catholic Central since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Madonna Blue Dons are taking a road trip to take on the Catholic Central Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Madonna will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Toronto, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Madonna snuck past Toronto with a 43-37 win on Thursday. Given the Blue Dons' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 99th in West Virginia, while the Red Knights are ranked 644th in Ohio), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Catholic Central made easy work of Bishop Rosecrans on Monday and carried off a 62-37 victory. The Crusaders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 20 points or more this season.
Catholic Central has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Madonna, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-8.
Madonna might still be hurting after the 53-32 defeat they got from Catholic Central in their previous meeting on January 4th. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Madonna was down 38-12.
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