Basketball Recap: Elgin/Pope John Has No Trouble Against Randolph

On Thursday, the Elgin/Pope John Wolfpack didn't have too much trouble with the Randolph Cardinals as they won 61-47. The Wolfpack pushed the score to 59-29 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals cut but never quite recovered from.

Elgin/Pope John is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.2 points over those games. As for Randolph, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-12.

Coming up, Elgin/Pope John will take on St. Mary's at 7:00 p.m. on February 21st. As for Randolph, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Stuart at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Stuart is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.2 points per game this season.