Preview: Reading Blue Devils vs. DePaul Cristo Rey
The Reading Blue Devils will look to defend their home court on Thursday against DePaul Cristo Rey at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Reading posted their biggest victory yet this season on Friday. They blew past Finneytown 64-43.
Meanwhile, DePaul Cristo Rey came up short against Oyler on Friday and fell 73-64. Even though they lost, DePaul Cristo Rey's still made a splash on offense and bumped their average scoring up to 51 points per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).
Britain Starks put forth a good effort for the losing side as he scored 23 points. That was a full 35.9% of DePaul Cristo Rey's points, marking the ninth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Issa Koita, who scored 14 points.
The victory got Reading back to even at 6-6. As for DePaul Cristo Rey, their defeat was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which bumped their record down to 4-8.
Everything came up roses for Reading against DePaul Cristo Rey in their previous meeting back in December of 2014 as the team secured a 76-40 win. Will Reading repeat their success, or does DePaul Cristo Rey have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
