The Marquette Catholic Blazers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 games by 24 points or more this season. They claimed a resounding 55-18 win over DeMotte Christian at home. Winning may never get old, but Marquette Catholic sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Leading Marquette Catholic to victory were Livia Balling and Laniah Davis. Balling scored 14 points along with five rebounds and five steals, while Davis scored 21 points along with nine rebounds and five steals. That makes it 14 consecutive games in which Davis has scored at least 25% of Marquette Catholic's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Natalie Robinson, who scored nine points along with five rebounds.
Marquette Catholic's victory was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-2. They've been dominating during the matchups in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 29 points. As for DeMotte Christian, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-9.
Marquette Catholic will be playing at home against Trinity at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Trinity will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings (they are ranked 374th, while Marquette Catholic is ranked 82nd). DeMotte Christian will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Faith Christian at 7:30 p.m. on January 11th. Hopefully Faith Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 26 on Saturday.
