The St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish will face off against the Avon Lake Shoremen at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Vincent-St. Mary is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
St. Vincent-St. Mary is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Bloom-Carroll 42-39. Given the Fighting Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 14th in Ohio, while the Bulldogs are ranked 154th in Ohio), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Unioto typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday Avon Lake proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 47-37 win over the Shermans. The victory was familiar territory for the Shoremen, who have now won four contests in a row.
Avon Lake's win bumped their record up to 21-5. As for St. Vincent-St. Mary, their victory bumped their record up to 23-2.
St. Vincent-St. Mary skirted past Avon Lake 37-34 in their previous meeting back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Vincent-St. Mary since the squad 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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