Lutheran South Academy is 0-3 against St. Thomas Catholic since December of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. After both having extra time off, both teams will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 9:30 a.m. on December 28th. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, the stars were shining brightly for Lutheran South Academy in a 68-49 win over Cypress Christian. The win made it back-to-back wins for Lutheran South Academy.
Lutheran South Academy had a senior duo take command as Kole Alexander scored 15 points along with six rebounds and five assists and Thomas Kuhlow scored 18 points along with seven rebounds. That's the first time this season that Alexander scored 15 or more points. Kai Conerly was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, St. Thomas Catholic came up short against Parish Episcopal on December 8th and fell 68-58. While losing is never fun, St. Thomas Catholic can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 528th, while Parish Episcopal is ranked 72nd).
Lutheran South Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-9 record this season. As for St. Thomas Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-9.
Lutheran South Academy ended up a good deal behind St. Thomas Catholic in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, losing 78-61. Can Lutheran South Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
