The Cathedral Catholic Dons suffered their biggest defeat since December 27, 2023 on Saturday. Their tough 60-40 defeat to Perry might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Cathedral Catholic can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps's basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 241st in California, while Perry is ranked 36th in Arizona).
Despite the loss, Cathedral Catholic still got an impressive performance from Alana Brackett, who scored 32 points along with seven rebounds and three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Brackett has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Anastasia Miskova, who scored four points.
Cathedral Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Perry, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-10 record this season.
Cathedral Catholic will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Centennial at 1:00 p.m. on January 15th. Centennial will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak. As for Perry, Perry and Carondelet will face off at 11:30 a.m. on January 15th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Carondelet is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.