Cincinnati Country Day is 1-8 against Purcell Marian since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Cincinnati Country Day Nighthawks will head out on the road to take on the Purcell Marian Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Cincinnati Country Day sitting on three straight victories and Purcell Marian on 12.
On Tuesday, Cincinnati Country Day didn't have too much trouble with Mercy McAuley at home as they won 46-28. Given Cincinnati Country Day's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 39th, while Mercy McAuley is ranked 390th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cincinnati Country Day's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Elizabeth Zimmerman, who scored 16 points along with seven rebounds and five steals, and Megan Zimmerman, who scored 21 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Samantha Easter, who scored six points along with six rebounds.
In what's become a running theme this season, Purcell Marian gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They breezed by Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy on the road to the tune of 80-25. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Purcell Marian has posted yet this season.
Cincinnati Country Day's win bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Purcell Marian, they pushed their record up to 14-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Cincinnati Country Day lost to Purcell Marian on the road by a decisive 80-66 margin when the teams last played back in February of 2023. Can Cincinnati Country Day avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
