Presley Patterson and the Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish faced the Memphis University School Owls in a TSSAA Division II Class AA state tournament quarterfinal on Monsignor Philip Thoni Court on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Catholic boys won 73-60. (Photo by Danny Parker)
BY DAVE LINK
Losing wasn’t an option Saturday afternoon for the Catholic boys’ basketball team.
Not with Mike Hutchens coaching his last game on the Irish’s home court.
Not with the Irish seniors playing their last home game.
And not with a berth in the state Final Four at stake.
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