After flying high against Ichabod Crane last Friday, Catholic Central came back down to earth. The Catholic Central Crusaders took a 50-35 bruising from the Bethlehem Central Eagles on Saturday. The game marked the Crusaders' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Catholic Central's loss came despite strong showings from Qwameik Smith and Sei'Mir Roberson. Smith almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds, while Roberson posted 13 points.
Catholic Central has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-3 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.5 points per game. As for Bethlehem Central, they moved to 2-4 with that victory, which also ended their four-game losing streak.
After both having extra time off, Catholic Central and Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on January 7th. Catholic Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.4 points per game this season. As for Bethlehem Central, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on South Hadley at 12:00 p.m. on January 4th. South Hadley knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Bethlehem Central likes a good challenge.
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