Illinois High School Basketball - Marquette Catholic edges Metro-East Lutheran
January 20, 2015: Edwardsville, IL 62025 The Marquette Catholic Explorers (Alton, IL) basketball nipped the host Metro-East Lutheran Knights (Edwardsville, IL), 54-52 in Tuesday's league test.
The Explorers (3-13) will now prepare for their test against Roxana (Roxana, IL). The Shells go into the non-league test with a 9-10 record. In their last test, Roxana got by East Alton-Wood River (Wood River, IL), 47-43, in a non-league test.
The Knights now own a 8-10 record. They play next when they travel to Calhoun for a non-league test on Saturday, January 24. Metro-East Lutheran will encounter a Warriors squad coming off a 72-32 league win over Carrollton (Carrollton, IL). The Warriors record now stands at 19-2.