Seton Catholic Central is 2-8 against Boquet Valley since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Seton Catholic Central Knights will be playing at home against the Boquet Valley Griffins at 6:30 p.m. Hopefully Seton Catholic Central focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 on Saturday.
Last Saturday, things could have been worse for Seton Catholic Central, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 49-33 loss to Northern Adirondack. Seton Catholic Central was down 47-23 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Seton Catholic Central's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Grace Trombley, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds, and Gabriella Conti who scored 13 points along with two steals. That was a full 39.4% of Seton Catholic Central's points, marking the ninth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
In what's become a running theme this season, Boquet Valley gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 55-24 victory over Keene Central. The victory was just what Boquet Valley needed coming off of a 71-35 defeat in their prior game.
Ella Lobdell continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 19 points along with eight steals and six rebounds. That makes it six consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Boquet Valley's points. Another player making a difference was Sophie Pulsifer, who scored seven points along with seven steals.
Seton Catholic Central now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Boquet Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: Seton Catholic Central have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 30.3 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Boquet Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 31.4 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Seton Catholic Central might still be hurting after the 45-24 loss they got from Boquet Valley when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lobdell, who scored 23 points along with seven rebounds and seven steals. Now that Seton Catholic Central knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
