Benedictine lost against Catholic back in February of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Benedictine Cadets received a blow as they fell 91-75 to the Catholic Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Cadets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 116th, while the Crusaders are ranked 24th).
Ashton Walker continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Catholic, going 20-for-25 en route to 51 points and seven rebounds. Walker's afternoon made it 15 games in a row in which he has scored at least 17 points. Kelvin Anderson was another key player, going 5-for-12 on his way to 16 points and five boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Benedictine and nudges their season record down to 10-18. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.5 points over those games. As for Catholic, the win (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 20-8.
Looking ahead, Benedictine will challenge St. Michael the Archangel at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Michael the Archangel knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully Benedictine likes a good challenge. Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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