The St. Joseph's Catholic Knights had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They secured a 49-44 W over Christ Church Episcopal. For St. Joseph's Catholic, this counts as revenge for the 55-44 defeat Christ Church Episcopal walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February of 2023.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Joseph's Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Harper Greer, who scored 12 points along with eight rebounds and two steals. Adelia Stefanik was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with ten rebounds.
Despite the loss, Christ Church Episcopal still got an impressive performance from Alexandria Bennon, who scored 20 points along with five rebounds. That was a full 45.5% of Christ Church Episcopal's points, marking the sixth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Caroline Johnson, who scored ten points along with three steals.
St. Joseph's Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Christ Church Episcopal, their loss was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-9.
St. Joseph's Catholic will be playing in front of their home fans against Southside Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are ranked near one another in South Carolina (Southside Christian is ranked 86th, while St. Joseph's Catholic is ranked 72nd). Christ Church Episcopal won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Ware Shoals at 5:30 p.m. on January 17th. Hopefully Ware Shoals focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 21 on Tuesday.
