Cathedral Catholic is 6-0 against University City since January of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Cathedral Catholic Dons will welcome the University City Centurions at 7:30 p.m. Cathedral Catholic knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten contests -- so hopefully University City likes a good challenge.
Last Thursday, Cathedral Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over Mira Mesa, taking the game 80-67.
PJ Jourdain
| 01/23/25 vs Mira Mesa | 25 |
| 01/17/25 vs St. Augustine | 24 |
| 01/14/25 @ Mission Bay | 16 |
Cathedral Catholic's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was PJ Jourdain, who went 11 for 19 en route to 25 points and seven boards. The game was Jourdain's third in a row with at least ten points. Patrick O'Brien was another key player, going 8 of 14 on his way to 21 points along with seven rebounds and six assists.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely University City's strategy against La Jolla on Tuesday. University City blew past La Jolla 74-49. The Centurions pushed the score to 60-37 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings had little chance of recovering from.
Cathedral Catholic better keep an eye on Dylan Griffin. He was instrumental in University City's win, going 16 for 23 en route to 38 points in addition to eight boards and three steals. Griffin has been hot, having posted 15 or more points the last eight times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Mathias Baluyot, who posted eight points along with eight assists and eight rebounds.
University City was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Cathedral Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.2 points per game. As for University City, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-10.
Cathedral Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over University City when the teams last played on January 10th, winning 65-58. Does Cathedral Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will University City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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