The St. Thomas Catholic Eagles will head out to take on the Concordia Lutheran Crusaders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Thomas Catholic has given up an average of 64.3 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Tuesday, St. Thomas Catholic was beaten by Houston Christian 102-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (59), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
St. Thomas Catholic might have lost, but man, Cal Kirkpatrick was a machine: he shot 75% from the field on his way to 22 points. Another player making a difference was Pierce Jacobson, who posted ten points and eight assists.
Meanwhile, Concordia Lutheran came up short against St. John XXIII on Tuesday and fell 55-48.
This is the second loss in a row for St. Thomas Catholic and nudges their season record down to 13-17. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.5 points over those games. As for Concordia Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-16.
St. Thomas Catholic couldn't quite finish off Concordia Lutheran when the teams last played on Saturday and fell 62-59. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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