Basketball Recap: Marist Extends Winning Streak to Four

War Eagles

Previous 4 Games

02/04/25 @ Tucker	57-53
01/30/25 vs Clarkston	83-31
01/28/25 vs St. Pius X Catholic	62-53
01/25/25 vs Blessed Trinity	71-22

Marist extended their winning streak to four games thanks to a huge performance from Owen Ritger. The Marist War Eagles secured a 57-53 W over the Tucker Tigers on Tuesday thanks in part to Ritger, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten boards. He is becoming a predictor of Marist's success: when he posts at least eight rebounds the team is 13-3 (and 3-4 when he doesn't).

Marist's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-7. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.5 points per game. As for Tucker, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-6.

Marist has already played their next match (against Northview), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Tucker will be playing at home against Druid Hills at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Tucker is facing Druid Hills at the right time seeing as Druid Hills is stuck on a three-game losing streak.