Even though the Seymour Wildcats scored an imposing 56 points on Wednesday, the St. Paul Catholic Falcons still came out on top. St. Paul Catholic strolled past Seymour with points to spare, taking the game 70-56. The win was nothing new for St. Paul Catholic as they're now sitting on four straight.
Joey Carrafiello and Indrit Peraj certainly did their best on Wednesday to try and avoid the loss. Carrafiello scored 17 points along with five steals, while Peraj scored 20 points along with three blocks and two steals. Peraj is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last four games he's played. Kooper Harmeling was another key contributor, scoring ten points.
Seymour struggled to get the ball back on offense and finished the game with only four offensive rebounds. That's the fewest offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
St. Paul Catholic's win bumped their record up to 8-3. As for Seymour, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-5.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Paul Catholic won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Wilby at 7:00 p.m. on January 25th. One thing working in Wilby's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season. As for Seymour, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Harding at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Harding focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 last Saturday.
