The St. Augustine Catholic Wolves will face off against the Morenci Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Augustine Catholic has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Morenci will come in with three straight victories.
St. Augustine Catholic is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest defeat since November 26, 2024 on Tuesday. They were outmatched by Desert Christian and fell 76-44. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 331st, while the Eagles are ranked 134th).
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Carlos Acuna and Tyson Dobbins. Dobbins had a great game and dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten assists. Meanwhile, Acuna was balling out in the loss, going 12 of 25 en route to 28 points along with eight boards and three steals.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Morenci duked it out withBenson on Wednesday. Morenci strolled past Benson with points to spare, taking the game 60-42.
Morenci pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for St. Augustine Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10.
St. Augustine Catholic suffered a grim 59-38 defeat to Morenci in their previous matchup back in January of 2018. Will St. Augustine Catholic have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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