The Elk County Catholic Crusaders will square off against the Clearfield Bison at 2:45 p.m. on Friday. Elk County Catholic is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Elk County Catholic's tournament run continued when they took on St. Marys on Thursday. Elk County Catholic took their game with ease, bagging a 53-21 win over St. Marys. The Crusaders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 17 matches by 22 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Clearfield). They breezed past Curwensville to the tune of 86-56 on Friday. Given the Bison's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 221st, while the Golden Tide are ranked 669th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elk County Catholic better keep an eye on Braison Patrick. He was instrumental in Clearfield's win, dropping a double-double with 42 points and ten rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Patrick has scored at least a third of Clearfield's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ev Maines, who went 6-for-15 to rack up 15 points.
The victory made it two in a row for Clearfield and bumps their season record up to 13-9. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.0 points over those games. As for Elk County Catholic, they pushed their record up to 23-0 with the win, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season.
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