Evansville Mater Dei lost against Evansville Central back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats lost 58-34 to the Evansville Central Bears. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Bears are ranked 20th).
Madalynn Shirley was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 26 points and 15 rebounds for Evansville Central. Shirley's evening made it 11 games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Mya Skelton was another key player, putting up ten points and five boards.
Evansville Mater Dei's loss dropped their record down to 8-10-1. As for Evansville Central, the win was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-3.
Evansville Mater Dei will take on Jasper at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Evansville Central has already played their next contest, a 57-55 defeat against South Knox on the 25th.
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