After three games on the road, Kolbe-Cathedral is heading back home. They will finish 2023 at home by hosting the Cheney RVT Beavers at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
On Thursday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Kolbe-Cathedral beat Hillhouse 79-73. Given Kolbe-Cathedral's advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while Hillhouse is ranked 41st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Cheney RVT ultimately got the result they hoped for last Wednesday. It was close, but they ultimately received the gift of a 60-58 victory from a begrudging Beaverssquad. The victory made it back-to-back wins for they.
Dam'nic Gittens was a one-man wrecking crew for Cheney RVT as he dropped a double-double on 28 points and 19 rebounds. The match was Gittens' third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayden Brookins, who scored 12 points.
Kolbe-Cathedral's victory was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Cheney RVT, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
