Columbus East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They came up short against the Cathedral Fighting Irish, falling 49-25. While losing is never fun, the Olympians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 317th, while the Fighting Irish are ranked 35th).
Cathedral can attribute much of their success to Tianna Guy, who posted ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Reaghan Gilmore, who put up seven points.
Columbus East's loss dropped their record down to 1-21. As for Cathedral, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.
Both are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Columbus East will face off against Whiteland at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Cathedral, they will take on Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.6 points per game this season.
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