A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Cardinal Newman Cardinals take on the Lexington Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday... Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Cardinal Newman's tournament run continued when they took on Westminster Catawba Christian on Monday. Cardinal Newman enjoyed a cozy 63-49 victory over Westminster Catawba Christian. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Indians are ranked 255th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lexington had to endure a five-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They snuck past Lower Richland with a 59-55 win on Sunday.
Lexington's victory bumped their record up to 4-7. As for Cardinal Newman, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season.
Cardinal Newman might still be hurting after the 62-38 loss they got from Lexington in their previous meeting back in December of 2022. Can Cardinal Newman avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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