After flying high against Maryville Christian last Tuesday, Marquette Catholic came back down to earth. The Marquette Catholic Explorers took a 68-49 bruising from the Althoff Catholic Crusaders on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Explorers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 353rd, while the Crusaders are ranked 37th).
Marquette Catholic's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Althoff Catholic, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-2.
Marquette Catholic and Father McGivney Catholic will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Father McGivney Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.8 points per game this season. Althoff Catholic will take on Maryville Christian in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on December 20th.
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