The Bishop McGuinness Fighting Irish will take on the Douglass Trojans at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Bishop McGuinness sitting on three straight wins and Douglass on seven.
Bishop McGuinness is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 35-33 victory over Idabel. The 35-point effort marked the Fighting Irish's lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Hudson Mccormick was the offensive standout of the game as he went 6-for-10 to rack up 13 points. Another player making a difference was Cooper Bradley, who posted seven points.
Meanwhile, Douglass got the win against Ada last Saturday by a conclusive 65-41. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Cougars are ranked 110th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Douglass' win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-6. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points over those games. As for Bishop McGuinness, their victory bumped their record up to 20-9.
Bishop McGuinness beat Douglass 67-56 in their previous meeting back in December of 2021. Will Bishop McGuinness repeat their success, or does Douglass have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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