The Southwestern Warriors lost against the Notre Dame Academy Pandas back in December of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. Southwestern suffered a rough 49-26 defeat at the hands of Notre Dame Academy. While losing is never fun, Southwestern can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky basketball rankings (they are ranked 99th, while Notre Dame Academy is ranked fifth).
Despite the loss, Southwestern saw an underclassman step up: Jordy McDonald scored 7 points along with 5 rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Southwestern and nudges their season record down to 2-3. As for Notre Dame Academy, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 5-0.
Southwestern will head out on the road to face off against Danville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Notre Dame Academy, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Beechwood at 7:30 p.m.