St. Mary Central Catholic is 2-8 against Gibsonburg since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The St. Mary Central Catholic Panthers will take on the Gibsonburg Golden Bears at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
St. Mary Central Catholic is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Saturday. They were beaten by Danbury 64-16. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 775th, while the Lakers are ranked 242nd).
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Gibsonburg's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 58-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ottawa Hills.
St. Mary Central Catholic will have to contain Elly Evarts as she made an impact in Gibsonburg's last game. She posted 32 points in addition to eight steals and six rebounds. Evarts is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed three or more in the last 11 games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ansley Fleming, who scored 11 points and three steals.
Even though they lost, Gibsonburg smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 12 offensive boards in four consecutive games.
St. Mary Central Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 1-18. As for Gibsonburg, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-5.
St. Mary Central Catholic was dealt a bruising 57-9 loss at the hands of Gibsonburg in their previous matchup back in January. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. Mary Central Catholic was down 38-3.
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