Comets
| 01/18/25 vs River Ridge | 80 |
| 01/17/25 vs Hall | 71 |
| 12/03/24 vs Byron | 69 |
| 11/29/24 vs Marengo | 69 |
| 01/08/25 vs Alleman | 67 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newman Central Catholic). They blew past the River Ridge Wildcats, posting an 80-52 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Comets also won the last time the pair played back in February of 2018.
Loss or not, River Ridge got some senior leadership from Joe Winter and Damon Dittmar. Winter posted 16 points and six rebounds, while Dittmar went 6 of 15 en route to 13 points. Winter's evening made it seven games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Logan Keleher, who scored four points.
Newman Central Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.7 points per game. As for River Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-10.
Newman Central Catholic didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 82-63 victory against Morrison on the 22nd. As for River Ridge, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Pearl City at 6:00 p.m. Pearl City knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully River Ridge likes a good challenge.
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