Basketball Recap: Catholic Central Skates Past East Palestine with Ease

Crusaders

Margin (Wins)

01/13/25 @ Brooke	39
11/25/24 vs Buckeye Local	34
01/18/25 vs East Palestine	32
12/03/24 @ Edison	26
01/04/25 vs Madonna	21
12/11/24 vs Brooke	20

There's no place like home for Catholic Central, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They really took it to the East Palestine Bulldogs for the full four quarters, racking up a 45-13 win. The Crusaders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 20 points or more this season.

East Palestine lost on Saturday despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Emma Gingher, who posted four points.

Catholic Central is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.7 points. As for East Palestine, they dropped their record down to 3-14 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road.

Catholic Central wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 51-44 victory against Shadyside on the 20th. As for East Palestine, they will take on Valley Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.