Holy Family has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Mead Mavericks at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Holy Family knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past six matchups -- so hopefully Mead likes a good challenge.
Holy Family can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Wednesday. They blew past Longmont 56-33. Given Holy Family's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked eighth, while Longmont is ranked 94th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Holy Family's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Alexcia Oaxaca, who scored nine points. Another player making a difference was Jennifer Altshuler, who scored ten points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, Mead had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 43 points), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 58-18 win over Centaurus at home. With Mead ahead 42-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Holy Family's win was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-0. As for Mead, their win bumped their record up to 11-2.
Holy Family won a contest that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in February of 2023, slipping by Mead 45-44. Does Holy Family have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mead turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
