The Genoa Area Comets will head out to challenge the Central Catholic Fighting Irish at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Genoa Area has three straight victories, Central Catholic has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Genoa Area humbled Otsego with a 57-25 victory. The Comets have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matches by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Central Catholic didn't have quite enough to beat Perrysburg on Thursday and fell 46-44. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 244th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 113th).
Genoa Area's win bumped their record up to 15-4. As for Central Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-14.
Genoa Area was dealt a bruising 77-31 loss at the hands of Central Catholic when the teams last played back in January of 2018. Can Genoa Area avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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