Superior and Ray are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2018, but not for long. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Superior Panthers duke it out with the Ray Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Superior is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Cicero Prep Academy last Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Superior came up short against Cicero Prep Academy, falling 64-40. The defeat continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Centurions: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Ray was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Monday as they fell 55-49 to Hayden. The loss was the Bearcats' first of the season.
Despite the loss, Ray saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Seth Wade went 7 for 14 en route to 20 points plus seven rebounds and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Wade a new career-high in threes (five). Another player making a difference was Mark Chester, who went 5 for 11 en route to 14 points plus five rebounds.
Having lost for the first time this season, Ray fell to 2-1. As for Superior, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Superior lost to Ray on the road by a decisive 57-39 margin in their previous matchup back in January. Can Superior avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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