The Columbus East Olympians will challenge the Cathedral Fighting Irish at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Columbus East has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 27.
Columbus East is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Mooresville on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Columbus East came up short against Mooresville, falling 67-46. While losing is never fun, the Olympians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 324th, while the Pioneers are ranked 77th).
Meanwhile, Cathedral suffered their closest defeat since December 3, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Carmel by a score of 42-39.
Columbus East's loss dropped their record down to 1-20. As for Cathedral, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-9.
Columbus East lost to Cathedral at home by a decisive 40-26 margin in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Thankfully for Columbus East, Taylor Lewis (who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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