Waterloo lost against Mater Dei back in December of 2023 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Waterloo Bulldogs lost to the Mater Dei Knights at home by a 62-43 margin. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Knights are ranked 40th).
Marlee Loepker was nothing short of spectacular for Mater Dei: she went 5 for 7 on her way to 13 points and five steals. The dominant performance gave Loepker a new career-high in points. Amelia Beer was another key player, going 6 of 7 on her way to 14 points.
Waterloo now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Mater Dei, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-3.
When Waterloo and Mater Dei next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Waterloo will try to stop Civic Memorial's ten-game winning streak when the meet at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Similarly, Mater Dei will try to stop Father McGivney Catholic's four-game winning streak when the meet at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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