Basketball Recap: Archangels Catholic Skates Past Newman Grove/St. Edward with Ease

Defenders

Margin (Wins)

12/06/24 vs Palmer	56
12/07/24 vs Heartland Lutheran	43
01/04/25 @ Hartington-Newcastle	37
12/10/24 vs Nebraska Christian	32
01/20/25 vs Heartland Lutheran	32

You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Archangels Catholic on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Newman Grove/St. Edward Panthers out of the water with a 54-26 final score. The Defenders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 22 points or more this season.

Newman Grove/St. Edward's loss came despite strong showings from Marcos Paez and Anthony Reader. Paez posted nine points, while Reader put up ten points.

Archangels Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Newman Grove/St. Edward, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-8.

Archangels Catholic will be playing at home against Norfolk Catholic at 7:45 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Archangels Catholic comes in on five and Norfolk Catholic on three. As for Newman Grove/St. Edward, they will venture away from home to take on Riverside at 7:30 p.m. on February 4th.