Basketball Recap: Catholic Memorial's Luck Changes for the Better on Friday

Catholic Memorial came into Friday's match having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They snuck past the Waukesha South Blackshirts with a 74-69 win on Friday. That's more bragging rights for the Crusaders, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Catholic Memorial's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-3. As for Waukesha South, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 2-3.

Catholic Memorial didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 75-68 defeat against Marquette University on the 14th. As for Waukesha South, they will be home for the holidays to greet Mukwonago at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mukwonago knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six games -- so hopefully Waukesha South likes a good challenge.