St. Xavier is 2-8 against Archbishop Moeller since January of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The St. Xavier Bombers will host the Archbishop Moeller Fighting Crusaders at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with St. Xavier sitting on six straight victories and Archbishop Moeller on five.
St. Xavier is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Wyoming, who was ranked eighth at the time (St. Xavier was ranked seventh). St. Xavier came out on top against Wyoming by a score of 43-36 on Tuesday.
St. Xavier's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jacob Wassler led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds. Another player making a difference was Donovan Waleskowski, who posted 12 points.
St. Xavier smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. They are 6-1 when they hit their own glass that hard.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Moeller strolled past Mason with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 59-44.
Archbishop Moeller pushed their record up to 15-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for St. Xavier, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
St. Xavier beat Archbishop Moeller 32-25 in their previous meeting back in January. Will St. Xavier repeat their success, or does Archbishop Moeller have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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