The Father McGivney Catholic Griffins have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matches by 20 points or more this season. They claimed a resounding 59-28 victory over Christ Our Rock Lutheran at home. Given Father McGivney Catholic's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 201st, while Christ Our Rock Lutheran is ranked 504th), the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Father McGivney Catholic was led to victory by Sami Oller and Mia Lieberman. Oller scored 18 points, while Lieberman scored 15 points along with five rebounds and five steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Lieberman has scored at least 25% of Father McGivney Catholic's points. Another player making a difference was Katherine Empson, who scored ten points.
Father McGivney Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Christ Our Rock Lutheran, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-9.
Father McGivney Catholic will head out on the road to face off against Carlyle at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Carlyle is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games. As for Christ Our Rock Lutheran, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Althoff Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Althoff Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up seven on Monday.
