The St. Marys Bears will take on the Lafayette Fighting Irish at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. St. Marys is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51 points per game this season.
St. Marys took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They blew past Jackson Heights, posting a 53-25 victory. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Cobras are ranked 303rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hayden Heim was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 24 points and 14 boards. That makes it 11 consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of St. Marys' points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isabel Hurla, who posted 14 points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lafayette). They took down Troy 54-38 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Fighting Irish.
St. Marys' win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.2 points per game. As for Lafayette, their victory bumped their record up to 12-5.
St. Marys lost to Lafayette on the road by a decisive 44-29 margin in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Can St. Marys avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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