Basketball Game Preview: Mica Mountain Thunderbolts vs. Judge Memorial Catholic Bulldogs

The Mica Mountain Thunderbolts will take on the Judge Memorial Catholic Bulldogs at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Mica Mountain is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Sunnyside 93-73 two weeks ago. The Thunderbolts have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three games by 20 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, Judge Memorial Catholic took their match on Monday with ease, bagging a 74-36 win over Park City. While fans of the Bulldogs might be used to big wins, the 38-point margin marked the team's biggest one yet.

Mica Mountain better keep an eye on JJ Apathjang. He was instrumental in Judge Memorial Catholic's win, putting up 25 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Apathjang has scored at least a third of Judge Memorial Catholic's points. Aymen Ismail was another key player, posting 16 points.

Judge Memorial Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points per game. As for Mica Mountain, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-4.