McAuley Catholic is 0-10 against Jefferson Independent Day since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The McAuley Catholic Warriors will be playing at home against the Jefferson Independent Day Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (McAuley Catholic has three straight wins, Jefferson Independent Day has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
McAuley Catholic proved they can win big last Tuesday (they won by 28) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past College Heights Christian 56-53. 56 seems to be a good number for McAuley Catholic as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Jefferson Independent Day was beaten by Verona 70-41 on Tuesday.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Ethan Renger, who scored 12 points along with five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Kohl Thurman, who scored ten points along with seven rebounds.
McAuley Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 13-9. As for Jefferson Independent Day, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost 16 of their last 17 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-21 record this season.
McAuley Catholic and Jefferson Independent Day were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in February of 2023, but McAuley Catholic came up empty-handed after a 46-45 loss. Thankfully for McAuley Catholic, Jay Ball (who almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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