Our Lady of Good Counsel is 1-9 against DeMatha since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Our Lady of Good Counsel Falcons will host the DeMatha Stags at 7:30 p.m.
Our Lady of Good Counsel managed to keep up with Gonzaga until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Our Lady of Good Counsel took a blow against Gonzaga, falling 83-54. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 35th in Maryland, while the Eagles are ranked first in District of Columbia).
Meanwhile, DeMatha came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Knights by a score of 67-58.
Our Lady of Good Counsel better keep an eye on Ashton (Ace) Meeks. He was instrumental in DeMatha's win, going 6 for 8 from beyond the arc on his way to 26 points. Meeks' evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Wallace, who posted five points in addition to six assists and five boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Our Lady of Good Counsel and nudges their season record down to 10-12. As for DeMatha, their win was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-5.
Our Lady of Good Counsel came up short against DeMatha in their previous meeting on Wednesday, falling 66-55. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Meeks, who went 13 of 23 en route to 35 points and six rebounds. Now that Our Lady of Good Counsel knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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