The John F. Kennedy Catholic Eagles will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Southeast Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on February 7th. Hopefully John F. Kennedy Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 14 on Monday.
John F. Kennedy Catholic struggled with assists on Monday (Boardman had ten more) and sadly the final score reflected it. John F. Kennedy Catholic took a hard 62-47 fall against Boardman. While losing is never fun, John F. Kennedy Catholic can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 210th, while Boardman is ranked 54th).
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Didi Ryan and Mackenzie Riccitelli. Riccitelli had a solid game and dropped a double-double on ten points and ten assists. Meanwhile, Ryan was balling out in the loss, almost dropping a double-double on 12 points and nine assists.
Meanwhile, Southeast's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Monday after their third straight loss. They fell to Canton Central Catholic 52-47.
John F. Kennedy Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 13-5. As for Southeast, they have not been sharp recently as the team's lost 11 of their last 13 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-11 record this season.
John F. Kennedy Catholic beat Southeast 71-63 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for John F. Kennedy Catholic since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
