Basketball Recap: Our Lady of Good Counsel Sets Scoring Season-High Against St. Mary's Ryken

Falcons

Team Score

01/28/25 @ St. Mary's Ryken	81
01/23/25 vs Bishop Ireton	77
12/13/24 vs Pallotti	74
01/25/25 @ Saint John Paul the Great Catholic	69
01/15/25 vs Sandy Spring Friends	67

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Our Lady of Good Counsel). Everything went their way against the St. Mary's Ryken Knights on Tuesday as the Our Lady of Good Counsel Falcons made off with an 81-56 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Falcons have posted since December 6, 2024.

The victory (which was Our Lady of Good Counsel's third in a row) raised their record to 10-10. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.7 points per game. As for St. Mary's Ryken, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-17.

Our Lady of Good Counsel and St. Mary's Ryken could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Maryland Rankings. Our Lady of Good Counsel (ranked 38th) will meet DeMatha (ranked third) at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Meanwhile, St. Mary's Ryken will square off against St. John's at 7:30 p.m. on Friday down 75 places (80 vs. 5).