St. Francis lost against Montini Catholic back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The St. Francis Spartans lost to the Montini Catholic Broncos on the road by a 53-35 margin. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 339th, while the Broncos are ranked 51st).
| 01/18/25 @ Montini Catholic | 7 |
| 12/28/24 vs Thornton | 5 |
| 12/26/23 vs Benet Academy | 3 |
| 12/27/24 vs Central | 3 |
| 01/10/25 @ Hinsdale South | 3 |
Despite the defeat, St. Francis had strong showings from Riley Austin, who posted 11 points and seven blocks, and Alyssa Freeman, who scored ten points and five boards. The dominant performance gave Austin a new career-high in blocks.
St. Francis' loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-13. As for Montini Catholic, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-7.
St. Francis has already played their next match (against Schaumburg), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Montini Catholic will welcome Nazareth Academy at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. Nazareth Academy will roll in looking for their tenth straight win, something Montini Catholic surely won't give up without a fight.
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