The Heritage Christian Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Luther Prep Phoenix at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Heritage Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Wednesday.
Last Wednesday, things could have been worse for Heritage Christian, but they could have been a whole lot better as they took a 69-52 loss to Catholic Central. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Heritage Christian in their matchups with Catholic Central: they've now lost six in a row.
Loss or not, Heritage Christian got some senior leadership from Morgan Bluhm who scored 22 points along with six rebounds and three steals and Amanda Pike who scored 21 points. Bluhm hasn't dropped below two steals for seven straight games.
Meanwhile, Luther Prep put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 62-38 margin over Kenosha Christian Life. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory Luther Prep has posted yet this season.
Heritage Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 5-7. As for Luther Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season.
Heritage Christian suffered a grim 69-45 defeat to Luther Prep when the teams last played back in January of 2023. The contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Heritage Christian was down 45-15.