The Lafayette Central Catholic Knights will venture away from home to square off against the West Lafayette Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Saturday, Lafayette Central Catholic had just enough and edged out North Judson-San Pierre 57-55. That's two games straight that the Knights have won by exactly two points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lafayette Central Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Joey Metzger, who shot 45% from the field to rack up 16 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mikey Stapleton, who went 6-for-14 on his way to 18 points.
West Lafayette has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were two points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 78-76 heartbreaker at the hands of Lafayette Jefferson. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (55), the Red Devils still had to take the loss.
The win made it two in a row for Lafayette Central Catholic and bumps their season record up to 8-10. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of two points across that stretch. As for West Lafayette, their loss dropped their record down to 14-4.
Things could have been worse for Lafayette Central Catholic, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 57-38 loss to West Lafayette when the teams last played back in February of 2025. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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