Basketball Recap: Wheeling Central Catholic Makes It Nine in a Row at Home

Wheeling Central Catholic won the last time they faced St. Marys and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights walked away with a 73-60 win over the St. Marys Blue Devils. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Maroon Knights.

Wheeling Central Catholic's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kaitlyn Blake led the charge by dropping a double-double on 23 points and ten boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Bella Fitzsimmons, who went 7 of 12 en route to 19 points and five rebounds.

Wheeling Central Catholic smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in three consecutive matches.

St. Marys lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Addie Davis, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 13 boards. Davis has been hot, having posted 17 or more points the last seven times she's played. Anna Bennett was another key player, putting up seven points along with 13 rebounds and four steals.

Maroon Knights

Previous Games (Home)

02/05/25 vs St. Marys	73-60
02/03/25 vs Bellaire	72-45
01/13/25 vs Monroe Central	79-51
12/30/24 vs Tyler	88-39
12/16/24 vs Oak Glen	91-42
+ 4 more games

Wheeling Central Catholic pushed their record up to 15-2 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for St. Marys, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-3.

Wheeling Central Catholic will face off against Fort Frye at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Wheeling Central Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 71.9 points per game this season. St. Marys has already played their next contest, a 68-48 win against Doddridge County on the 6th.