Roman Catholic and Neumann-Goretti are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Roman Catholic Cahillite will take on the Neumann-Goretti Saints at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, everything went Roman Catholic's way against Arts as Roman Catholic made off with a 61-41 win. Given the Cahillite's advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked first in Pennsylvania, while the Jaguars are ranked 40th in New Jersey), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Neumann-Goretti). They took down Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast Catholic 93-77 on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Saints.
Roman Catholic pushed their record up to 10-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.8 points per game. As for Neumann-Goretti, the win got them back to even at 7-7.
Everything went Roman Catholic's way against Neumann-Goretti when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as Roman Catholic made off with a 56-34 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Roman Catholic since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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