Butler has won eight straight games at home, while Charlotte Catholic has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Butler Bulldogs will host the Charlotte Catholic Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, Butler made easy work of Rocky River and carried off a 57-36 win. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Ravens are ranked 167th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Charlotte Catholic faced off against Garinger on Tuesday. Charlotte Catholic took their contest with ease, bagging a 50-9 victory over Garinger. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-3.
Butler better focus on containing Dani Lupinski and Maggie Kernodle as the pair were huge in Charlotte Catholic's win. Lupinski dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 boards, while Kernodle went 6 for 13 en route to 17 points and five assists. The dominant performance gave Lupinski a new career-high in rebounds. Caroline Fey was another key player, putting up four points and nine boards.
Charlotte Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.4 points per game. As for Butler, their win bumped their record up to 19-1.
Butler didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Charlotte Catholic in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 50-45 victory. Does Butler have another victory up their sleeve, or will Charlotte Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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