Illinois High School Basketball - Mater Dei holds off Pleasant Plains
December 6, 2024: Pleasant Plains, IL 62677 The Mater Dei Knights basketball team scored 41 points and limited the host Pleasant Plains Cardinals to 39 in the Knights non-league triumph on Friday.
The Knights now have a 3-3 record. They play next when they host Marquette Catholic for a non-league game on Saturday, December 7. Mater Dei will confront a Explorers team coming off a 48-37 non-league loss to Roxana (Roxana, IL). The Explorers record now stands at 2-3.
With the loss, Pleasant Plains falls to 2-1 on the campaign. The Cardinals travel to Clinton (Clinton, IL) to confront the Maroons in a non-league game on Saturday, December 7. The Maroons go into the game with a record of 3-2. Clinton lost 59-55 in their recent non-league game against Olympia (Stanford, IL)