Central Catholic and St. Francis de Sales are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Central Catholic Fighting Irish will challenge the St. Francis de Sales Knights at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Central Catholic was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 53-49 to St. John's Jesuit. The contest marked the Fighting Irish's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, St. Francis de Sales was not able to break out of their rough patch on Sunday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a 61-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of Olentangy Liberty. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Patriots are ranked ninth).
Central Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 8-3. As for St. Francis de Sales, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
Everything went Central Catholic's way against St. Francis de Sales in their previous meeting on Tuesday, as Central Catholic made off with a 62-40 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Central Catholic since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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