Basketball Recap: Marquette Catholic Snags Seventh Victory in Last Eight Games

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Previous Games

02/06/25 - Home	38-19 W
12/16/24 - Away	42-12 W
01/11/24 - Away	57-21 W
12/04/23 - Home	47-28 W
01/12/23 - Home	46-27 W
+ 2 more games

Marquette Catholic won the last time they faced Maryville Christian and things went their way on Thursday too. The Marquette Catholic Explorers strolled past the Maryville Christian Lions with points to spare, taking the game 38-19. Given the Explorers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 200th, while the Lions are ranked 481st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Marquette Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 18-10 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.9 points over those games. As for Maryville Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-15.

Marquette Catholic has already played their next match (against East Alton-Wood River), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Maryville Christian, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 41-27 win against Metro-East Lutheran on the 7th.