Catholic Central escaped with a victory over Albany Academy 57-49 in a premier match up of top 5 teams in Section 2 basketball. El' Dior Dobere played like a person on a mission for the Crusaders leading the way with 20 points.

Catholic Central bolted from opening whistle and rushed out to a nice first quarter lead 16-9. They extended that lead to 21-9 in the early part of the second quarter but Albany Academy bounced back cutting their deficit to one before being down 25-22 at the break.

The Crusaders used a determined effort in the third quarter and outscored Albany Academy by 5 points.

Catholic Central were in control at each period closing whistle by separations of 7, 3, 8, & 8.

The Crusaders placed four in double figure scoring. El' Dior Dobere was an offensive spark plug for Catholic Central with 20 points. Tanavia Turpin scored 15 points. Kristen Foglia knocked down 10 points. Akarri Gaddy scored 10 points.
The Crusaders buried 4 trifectas.
El' Dior Dobere nailed 3 three-pointers.
Catholic Central shot with sterling accuracy from the charity stripe as they attained 65.5%, 19 of 29.