Basketball Recap: Aquinas Academy Piles Up the Points Against Leechburg

Crusaders

Margin (Wins)

01/30/25 vs Leechburg	49
12/16/24 vs Sewickley Academy	42
01/13/25 @ Western Beaver	39
01/21/25 @ Sewickley Academy	39
02/05/25 @ Leechburg	38

Aquinas Academy won the last time they faced Leechburg and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Aquinas Academy Crusaders took their game with ease, bagging a 57-19 win over the Leechburg Blue Devils. The Crusaders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matches by 20 points or more this season.

Aquinas Academy got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Katie Tarquinio out in front who almost dropped a double-double on 15 rebounds and nine steals. Tarquinio has been hot recently, having posted eight or more boards the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kay Chufo, who went 6 of 10 on her way to 12 points along with seven rebounds and four steals.

Aquinas Academy is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.2 points per game. As for Leechburg, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-13.

Aquinas Academy has already played their next game (against Western Beaver), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Leechburg has also has no score uploaded for their next matchup, this one against Sewickley Academy.