Catholic and McKinley are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2015, but not for long. The Catholic Bears just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the McKinley Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Catholic has ten straight wins, McKinley has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Catholic saw some tournament action on Thursday. They walked away with a 60-50 victory over Carencro.
Meanwhile, McKinley fought the good fight in their overtime match against Liberty Magnet on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 70-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 66th, while the Patriots are ranked eighth).
McKinley's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 10-0.
Catholic strolled past McKinley in their previous matchup back in January of 2022 by a score of 50-35. Will Catholic repeat their success, or does McKinley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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