Basketball Game Preview: Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders vs. Liberty Patriots

The Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders and the Liberty Patriots will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Mater Dei Catholic's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matches.

Mater Dei Catholic is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Madison just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a hard 77-63 fall against the Warhawks. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (56), the Crusaders still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Liberty). They came out on top against Crean Lutheran by a score of 63-52 on Saturday.

Mater Dei Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Liberty, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.