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The St. Joseph's Catholic Knights and the St. Pius X Catholic Golden Lions will round out the year against one another at at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with St. Joseph's Catholic sitting on eight straight victories and St. Pius X Catholic on five.
Last Friday, St. Joseph's Catholic earned a 45-36 win over Travelers Rest. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Devildogs are ranked 176th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, St. Pius X Catholic humbled Blessed Trinity with a 79-31 victory. The Golden Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 20 points or more this season.
St. Pius X Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 80.8 points per game. As for St. Joseph's Catholic, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
St. Joseph's Catholic couldn't quite finish off St. Pius X Catholic in their previous meeting back in January of 2017 and fell 51-48. Can St. Joseph's Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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