Basketball Recap: Purdue Polytechnic Comes Up Short

Techies

Previous 5 Games

01/25/25 vs Cathedral	38-93
01/23/25 @ Covenant Christian	59-57
01/21/25 vs Tindley	68-54
01/17/25 @ Christel House	70-60
01/14/25 @ Indianapolis Washington	75-50

After a string of four wins, Purdue Polytechnic's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They were outmatched by the Cathedral Fighting Irish and fell 93-38. While losing is never fun, the Techies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Fighting Irish are ranked fourth).

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.

It was another big night for Brady Koehler, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten boards for Cathedral. With that strong performance, Koehler 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's loss dropped their record down to 12-7. As for Cathedral, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-4.

Purdue Polytechnic is taking a road trip to challenge Lafayette Jefferson at 7:30 p.m. on February 1st. Cathedral has already played their next matchup, a 71-63 win against Indianapolis Crispus Attucks on the 27th.