Basketball Recap: St. Mary's Springs Piles Up the Points Against Lourdes

Ledgers

Team Score

12/27/24 vs Lourdes	78
12/14/24 vs Horicon	70
12/06/24 @ Omro	66
11/26/24 vs New Holstein	63
12/12/24 vs Campbellsport	61

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Mary's Springs). Couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 78-33 stomp they got against the Lourdes Knights. Given the Ledgers' advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Knights are ranked 400th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.

St. Mary's Springs is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.3 points per game. As for Lourdes, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-7.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Mary's Springs and Roncalli will face off at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. St. Mary's Springs knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past eight games -- so hopefully Roncalli likes a good challenge. As for Lourdes, they and St. Mary Catholic will face off at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played.