Basketball Recap: Eight Straight Home Victories for Marie Philip

Marie Philip extended their home winning streak to eight games dating back to last season thanks to a huge performance from Xavier DeLeon. The Marie Philip Galloping Ghosts strolled past Newman with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 63-49 thanks in part to DeLeon, who dropped a double-double on 33 points and 14 boards. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Marie Philip's points.

Andrew Riebe

Steals

01/14/25 vs Newman	6
01/10/25 @ Covenant Christian Academy	1
12/18/24 @ Commonwealth	3
12/17/24 @ Newman	1
12/14/24 vs American School for the Deaf	1

The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Riebe, who posted 14 points along with eight rebounds and six steals. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.2 steals per game.

Marie Philip's victory bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Newman, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-3 record this season.

Marie Philip has already played their next matchup, a 70-53 win against International School of Boston on the 15th. Newman has also already played their next contest (against Waring), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.