Madonna hasn't had much luck against Trinity Christian recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Madonna Blue Dons will head out on the road to challenge the Trinity Christian Warriors at 7:30 p.m. Madonna will be strutting in after a victory while Trinity Christian will be coming in after a loss.
Madonna is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest win since February 20, 2024 on Tuesday. They blew past Edison 63-43.
Meanwhile, Trinity Christian came up short against Wood County Christian on Tuesday and fell 59-50. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 762nd, while the Wildcat are ranked 98th).
Madonna will have to contain Austin Porta as he made an impact in Trinity Christian's last game. He went 7 of 16 en route to 20 points and four steals. Those four steals gave Porta a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddox Mousadis, who went 6 for 10 on his way to 13 points.
Trinity Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Madonna, their victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-6.
Madonna and Trinity Christian were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2022, but Madonna came up empty-handed after a 48-47 loss. Can Madonna avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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