The St. Ignatius Wildcats will square off against the Olentangy Orange Pioneers at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with St. Ignatius sitting on five straight wins and Olentangy Orange on 13.
St. Ignatius is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past McKinley, posting a 73-46 victory. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten games by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Olentangy Orange won against Sycamore last Wednesday with 67 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Saturday. Olentangy Orange took down Groveport-Madison 67-53. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked second, while the Cruisers are ranked 47th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Ignatius' win bumped their record up to 22-4. As for Olentangy Orange, they pushed their record up to 24-2 with the victory, which was their 21st straight on the road dating back to last season.
St. Ignatius came up short against Olentangy Orange when the teams last played back in January, falling 63-54. Can St. Ignatius avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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