Basketball Recap: St. John's/Tipton Catholic Piles Up the Points Against Clifton-Clyde

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Previous 5 Games

12/16/25 - Home	68-39 W
12/17/24 - Away	49-59 L
12/16/23 - Home	54-69 L
02/22/21 - Away	20-45 L
02/29/20 - Neutral	45-43 W

St. John's/Tipton Catholic had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They really took it to the Clifton-Clyde Eagles for the full four quarters, racking up a 68-39 victory. 68 seems to be a good number for the Blujays as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.

St. John's/Tipton Catholic had a senior duo take command as Edward Horinek shot 67% from the field en route to 23 points and Gabriel Roderick went 6-for-10 to rack up 18 points along with six assists and five rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Horinek has scored at least a third of the Blujays' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaden Rabe, who posted eight points.

St. John's/Tipton Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Clifton-Clyde, they now have a losing record of 2-3-1.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. John's/Tipton Catholic will be home for the holidays to greet Lincoln at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Blujays will be up against the Leopards' rather soft defense (which has allowed 55 points per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. As for Clifton-Clyde, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Bishop Seabury Academy at 7:00 p.m. The Eagles will need to watch out since the Seahawks have now posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.