The St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish will look to defend their home court on Monday against the Our Lady of the Elms Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully St. Vincent-St. Mary is not getting complacent, as they presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than the Panthers in Ohio (the Fighting Irish are ranked fifth, while the Panthers are ranked 684th).
St. Vincent-St. Mary has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a 65-46 bruising from Western Reserve Academy on Saturday. St. Vincent-St. Mary was down 46-24 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Our Lady of the Elms earned a 33-21 win over the Patriots on Saturday.
Our Lady of the Elms' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Pilar Hampton, who scored 11 points along with eight rebounds and five steals, and Faith Farris, who scored 17 points along with eight rebounds. Hampton has been hot recently, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 14 times she's played.
St. Vincent-St. Mary has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-5 record this season. As for Our Lady of the Elms, they pushed their record up to 8-8 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
