Basketball Game Preview: Archbishop Shaw Eagles vs. Catholic Bears

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Previous 3 Games

01/26/24 - Away	61-58 W
01/27/23 - Home	77-69 W
02/26/22 - Neutral	73-55 W

Archbishop Shaw has gone 3-0 against Catholic recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Archbishop Shaw Eagles will take on the Catholic Bears in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Archbishop Shaw sitting on three straight wins and Catholic on 12.

Archbishop Shaw is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Jesuit, who was ranked fourth at the time (Archbishop Shaw was ranked fifth). Archbishop Shaw skirted past Jesuit 52-50. The 52-point effort marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Catholic against Hahnville on Saturday as the team secured a 64-23 victory. The Bears have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 24 points or more this season.

Catholic pushed their record up to 12-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.2 points per game. As for Archbishop Shaw, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.

Archbishop Shaw skirted past Catholic 61-58 when the teams last played back in January. Will Archbishop Shaw repeat their success, or does Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.