Archbishop Carroll hasn't had much luck against Gonzaga recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Archbishop Carroll Lions will head out to square off against the Gonzaga Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Archbishop Carroll is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: St. John's, who was ranked sixth at the time (Archbishop Carroll was ranked 17th). Archbishop Carroll snuck past St. John's with an 86-81 win on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Gonzaga had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.1 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Tuesday. They blew past the Falcons 83-54. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Gonzaga's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-2. As for Archbishop Carroll, their win bumped their record up to 14-11.
Archbishop Carroll took a serious blow against Gonzaga when the teams last played back in January, falling 82-54. Can Archbishop Carroll avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
