After both having extra time off, the Verbum Dei Jesuit Eagles and the Servite Friars will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Verbum Dei Jesuit is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.8 points per game this season.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Verbum Dei Jesuit turned things around against West last Saturday. They walked away with a 52-45 victory over the Warriors.
It was another big night for Harper Whitman, who posted ten points and seven rebounds. Another player making a difference was Reese Whitman, who had eight points.
Verbum Dei Jesuit smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive boards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive rebound total in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Servite had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23 points) and they went ahead and made it four last Saturday. They came out on top against the Sailors by a score of 58-48. While the Friars didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Servite's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Verbum Dei Jesuit, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Things could have been worse for Verbum Dei Jesuit, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 62-43 loss to Servite when the teams last played back in January of 2020. Can Verbum Dei Jesuit avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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