The Bishop McDevitt Crusaders will venture away from home to challenge the Berks Catholic Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bishop McDevitt will be strutting in after a victory while Berks Catholic will be coming in after a loss.
Bishop McDevitt is headed into the game having just posted their closest win since December 22, 2023 on Monday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 65-63 victory over James Buchanan. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while the Rockets are ranked 579th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Berks Catholic has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 48-41 to Reading, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Berks Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 18-6. As for Bishop McDevitt, the win got them back to even at 10-10.
Bishop McDevitt strolled past Berks Catholic in their previous meeting back in February of 2020 by a score of 44-25. Does Bishop McDevitt have another victory up their sleeve, or will Berks Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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