Basketball Game Preview: Morris Catholic Crusaders vs. Central Blue Devils

By Team Reports Jan 17, 2024, 4:33am

Preview: Morris Catholic Crusaders vs. Central Blue Devils

The Morris Catholic Crusaders will head out on the road to square off against the Central Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Morris Catholic will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.

Morris Catholic is ranked highly in their home state, and on Monday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Bethany. Morris Catholic snuck past Bethany with a 67-63 victory. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.

Morris Catholic can attribute much of their success to Mya Pauldo, who scored 22 points along with five assists and five rebounds, and Mia Pauldo, who scored 23 points along with nine assists and five rebounds. Pauldo is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. Another player making a difference was Jacqueline Edelman, who scored eight points.

Meanwhile, Central strolled past Colonia with points to spare on Monday, taking the game 65-50.

Morris Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 13-0. As for Central, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.