Duchesne is 1-9 against Skutt Catholic since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. Having just played yesterday, the Duchesne Cardinals will head out on the road to face off against the Skutt Catholic SkyHawks at 6:00 p.m. on February 20th. Duchesne is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
On Monday, everything went Duchesne's way against Mercy as Duchesne made off with a 42-22 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as Duchesne just coasted through the last quarter.
Duchesne can attribute much of their success to June Mullen, who scored six points along with five rebounds and four steals, and Jada James, who scored 16 points along with three steals. Mullen has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Caroline Shanahan, who scored three points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Skutt Catholic had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.2 points), and they went ahead and made it 13 on Monday. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 81-15 victory over Ralston. Skutt Catholic has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 15 contests by 20 points or more this season.
Duchesne's victory bumped their record up to 9-14. As for Skutt Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 23-1.
Duchesne was dealt a bruising 64-37 loss at the hands of Skutt Catholic in their previous matchup back in January. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Duchesne was down 32-8.
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