Basketball Game Preview: St. John's/Tipton Catholic Blujays vs. Lincoln Leopards

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Previous Games

01/27/25 - Home	62-32 W
01/24/25 - Away	59-43 W
12/20/24 - Away	37-54 L
02/20/24 - Away	70-52 W
02/21/23 - Home	67-37 W
+ 5 more games

St. John's/Tipton Catholic is 9-1 against Lincoln since February of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Blujays will be home for the holidays to greet the Leopards at 7:00 p.m. St. John's/Tipton Catholic knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully Lincoln likes a good challenge.

If St. John's/Tipton Catholic beats Lincoln with 68 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Blujays claimed a resounding 68-39 victory over Clifton-Clyde. The Blujays pushed the score to 53-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles had little chance of recovering from.

St. John's/Tipton Catholic had a senior duo take command as Edward Horinek shot 67% from the field on his way to 23 points and Gabriel Roderick went 6-for-10 en route to 18 points in addition to six assists and five boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which Horinek has scored at least a third of the Blujays' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaden Rabe, who posted eight points.

Meanwhile, Lincoln lost to Sylvan-Lucas at home by a 58-42 margin on Tuesday.

Lincoln's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for St. John's/Tipton Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.

Everything came up roses for St. John's/Tipton Catholic against Lincoln in their previous meeting back in January, as the squad secured a 62-32 victory. In that contest, the Blujays amassed a halftime lead of 32-12, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.