The Bloomington Central Catholic Saints will be playing at home against the Athens Warriors at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Bloomington Central Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 16 on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Bloomington Central Catholic took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 58-30 victory over Williamsville. Given Bloomington Central Catholic's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while Williamsville is ranked 375th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cate Uhren was her usual excellent self, scoring 23 points along with 7 rebounds and 4 steals. That makes it two consecutive games in which she has scored at least 25% of Bloomington Central Catholic's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lauren Emm, who scored 9 points along with 10 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Athens' 22-10 record from last season is now well into the rear view mirror after another tough outing. They took a 42-32 hit to the loss column at the hands of LeRoy on Thursday. Athens has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Bloomington Central Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Athens, they have not been sharp recently, as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season.
Bloomington Central Catholic strolled past Athens when the teams last played back in December of 2022 by a score of 56-37. Will Bloomington Central Catholic repeat their success, or does Athens have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
