The Althoff Catholic Crusaders will look to defend their home court on Monday against the Christ Our Rock Lutheran Silver Stallions at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Althoff Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 18 on Thursday.
Althoff Catholic has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matches by 23 points or more this season. They were the clear victor by a 49-25 margin over Maryville Christian. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Althoff Catholic.
Althoff Catholic had a senior duo take command as Emilee Travnicek scored 17 points along with 9 rebounds and 4 steals and Anna Brewer scored 16 points along with 5 rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which Travnicek has scored at least 25% of Althoff Catholic's points. Another player making a difference was Amalia Distler, who scored 3 points along with 8 rebounds and 6 steals.
Meanwhile, Christ Our Rock Lutheran was just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 28-27 to Father McGivney Catholic. Christ Our Rock Lutheran has struggled against Father McGivney Catholic recently, as their match on Thursday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Althoff Catholic has yet to lose a matchup at home this season, leaving them with a 3-5 record. They've been dominating during the contests in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 25.33 points. As for Christ Our Rock Lutheran, they have traveled a rocky road recently, as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-5 record this season.
