St. Philip Catholic Central is 1-9 against Bellevue since February of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The St. Philip Catholic Central Fighting Tigers will face off against the Bellevue Broncos at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bellevue will be up against a hot St. Philip Catholic Central squad: the team just extended their winning streak to eight. St. Philip Catholic Central claimed a resounding 68-35 win over Our Lady of the Lake Catholic. Given the Fighting Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Lakers are ranked 653rd), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bellevue had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They blew past the Hornets 63-38. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Broncos just coasted through the last quarter.
Bellevue is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.5 points per game. As for St. Philip Catholic Central, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2.
Everything came up roses for St. Philip Catholic Central against Bellevue in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as the team secured a 75-47 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Philip Catholic Central since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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