Marquette Catholic suffered their biggest defeat since January 10th on Friday. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting the Metro-East Lutheran Knights an easy 76-50 win. While losing is never fun, the Explorers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 314th, while the Knights are ranked 116th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Metro-East Lutheran to victory, but perhaps none more so than Thijson Heard, who went 5 for 12 on his way to 19 points and four steals. The game was Heard's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Junior Brown, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten assists.
Marquette Catholic now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Metro-East Lutheran, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.
Marquette Catholic didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 36-29 win against Madison on the 21st. As for Metro-East Lutheran, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 61-49 loss against Hazelwood Central on the 21st.
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