Aquinas lost against John F. Kennedy Catholic back in February and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Aquinas Knights took a 68-52 bruising from the John F. Kennedy Catholic Eagles. 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 516th, while the Eagles are ranked 48th).
It was another big night for Nick Ryan, who almost dropped a triple-double on 30 points, nine boards, and nine steals for John F. Kennedy Catholic. That makes it three consecutive games in which Ryan has scored at least a third of John F. Kennedy Catholic's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Henry Phillips, who posted 11 points and seven assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Aquinas and nudges their season record down to 1-4. As for John F. Kennedy Catholic, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 5-1.
Aquinas and Canton Central Catholic will round out the year against one another at at 7:00 p.m. on December 27th. One thing working in Canton Central Catholic's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season. As for John F. Kennedy Catholic, it'll be Battle of the Birds when the John F. Kennedy Catholic Eagles duke it out with the Hiland Hawks at 7:45 p.m. on December 27th. Hiland has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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