The Central Catholic Buttons and the Holy Cross Knights will round out the year against one another at at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Central Catholic is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
On Saturday, Central Catholic came up short against St. Anthony and fell 67-56. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (55), the Buttons still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Holy Cross entered their contest against St. Anthony last Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Holy Cross lost to St. Anthony at home by a 68-49 margin. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 738th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 219th).
Central Catholic will have to contain Aaron Garcia as he made an impact in Holy Cross' last game. He went 10 of 20 en route to 27 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. Garcia's afternoon made it 15 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Steve Hernandez, who posted eight points.
Central Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 15-6. As for Holy Cross, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-13.
Central Catholic strolled past Holy Cross when the teams last played back in December of 2018 by a score of 49-32. Will Central Catholic repeat their success, or does Holy Cross have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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