Basketball Recap: Make It Nine in a Row for Racine Saint Catherine?S/Racine Lutheran

Racine Saint Catherine?s/Racine Lutheran had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.8 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 74-71 win over the Martin Luther Spartans. Given Racine Saint Catherine?s/Racine Lutheran's advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 113th, while Martin Luther is ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Racine Saint Catherine?s/Racine Lutheran has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.2 points per game. As for Martin Luther, their loss dropped their record down to 8-12.

Racine Saint Catherine?s/Racine Lutheran will venture away from home to take on The Prairie School at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Martin Luther, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 74-71 defeat against St. Catherine's on the 4th.