The St. Joseph-by-the-Sea Vikings's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Cardinal O'Hara Hawks at 5:45 p.m. on March 8th. St. Joseph-by-the-Sea has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,805 points over their last 26 games.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. Joseph-by-the-Sea had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They came out on top against the Clippers by a score of 64-56. Given St. Joseph-by-the-Sea's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked fifth, while Xaverian is ranked 57th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cardinal O'Hara had already won 21 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points), and they went ahead and made it 22 on Wednesday. They enjoyed a cozy 59-45 victory over Nichols. Winning is a bit easier when you work as a team to rack up seven more assists than your opponent, as Cardinal O'Hara did.
Annabelle Day and Kyla Hayes were among the main playmakers for Cardinal O'Hara as the former scored 18 points along with four steals and four blocks and the latter almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds. Hayes hasn't dropped below nine rebounds for ten straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Aliviya Russell, who scored five points along with six rebounds and four steals.
St. Joseph-by-the-Sea is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Cardinal O'Hara, their win bumped their record up to 24-2.
Everything went St. Joseph-by-the-Sea's way against Cardinal O'Hara in their previous meeting back in March of 2023 as St. Joseph-by-the-Sea made off with a 82-61 victory. Does St. Joseph-by-the-Sea have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cardinal O'Hara turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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