The Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish are headed away from home for the first time to challenge the King's Academy Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Knoxville Catholic focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 21 on Tuesday.
Knoxville Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Bradley Central, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Knoxville Catholic was ranked sixth). Knoxville Catholic was outmatched by Bradley Central at home and fell 59-16. The contest marked the Fighting Irish's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
They got a good chunk of their points from the dynamic duo of
Amaya Redd and
Maggie Frana, who each put up five points. Frana also led the team in rebounds with seven.
Meanwhile, King's Academy waltzed into their matchup on Friday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against Providence Academy as they made off with a 66-45 win. The match marked the Lions' most dominant victory of the season so far.
King's Academy pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for Knoxville Catholic, their defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-2.
Knoxville Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over King's Academy in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, winning 39-29. Does Knoxville Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will King's Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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