Basketball Recap: Cathedral Skates Past Purdue Polytechnic with Ease

Cathedral won the last time they faced Purdue Polytechnic and things went their way on Saturday too. The Cathedral Fighting Irish breezed by the Purdue Polytechnic Techies to the tune of 93-38. The Fighting Irish have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matches by 20 points or more this season.

Brady Koehler was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 22 points and ten boards. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 15.4 points per game. Another player making a difference was Julien Smith, who went 8 for 11 en route to 18 points.

Purdue Polytechnic lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Damion Green, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds. James Long Jr. was another key player, going 7 of 15 on his way to 15 points.

The victory made it two in a row for Cathedral and bumps their season record up to 11-4. As for Purdue Polytechnic, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 12-7 record.

Cathedral has already played their next contest, a 71-63 win against Indianapolis Crispus Attucks on the 27th. As for Purdue Polytechnic, they will head out on the road to face off against Lafayette Jefferson at 7:30 p.m. on February 1st.