One of the most anticipated showdowns of the girls basketball season is tomorrow night when No. 4 Seton Keough travels to No. 1 St. Frances in a rematch of last season’s Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship.

Unless you’ve been hibernating all year, you know the Panthers won their sixth straight A Conference title that game, but you may have forgotten that Seton Keough won the regular-season meeting. After wins last night, both remain unbeaten in the A Conference.

The Panthers (11-1) won their first 10 games before falling to the Hun School, from New Jersey, last week at the Blue Star Invitational at Immaculata College in Pennsylvania.

The Gators (12-4) fell to No. 2 City in last month’s Breezy Bishop Showcase, but they had a strong showing at the Sandra Meadows Classic in Duncanville, Texas last week. They dropped their first game, but came back to win the next four.

This season, with fewer teams in the A Conference, the two will play twice during the regular season, meeting again on Feb. 4 at Seton Keough. There’s also a very good chance they will play a third time – in another A Conference final.

For now, come see the first act, which tips off at 6 p.m. at St. Frances.

-- Katherine Dunn