Notre Dame has been on the road for five straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on MMI Preparatory School at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
After soaring to 59 points the game before, Notre Dame were a bit more limited in their matchup on Saturday. They had to suffer through a rough 63-7 loss at the hands of Belvidere. Notre Dame has struggled against Belvidere recently, as their matchup on Saturday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
MMI Preparatory School suffered their biggest defeat since December 6, 2023 on Monday. They were beaten by Lake-Lehman 54-23. While losing is never fun, MMI Preparatory School can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 559th, while Lake-Lehman is ranked 267th).
Bria Kringe put forth a good effort for the losing side as she scored 17 points along with five rebounds. That was a full 73.9% of MMI Preparatory School's points, marking the tenth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Notre Dame's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for MMI Preparatory School, their defeat was their third straight at home, which bumped their record down to 2-8.
Notre Dame was dealt a bruising 58-18 defeat at the hands of MMI Preparatory School in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kringe, who dropped a double-double on 33 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Notre Dame knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.