It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Marian Catholic can now relate to. They fell 45-38 to the Eagles on Thursday. Marian Catholic was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Blue Mountain apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in February of 2023.
Marian Catholic lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Carly Minchhoff, who scored 12 points along with three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Frankie Martinelli, who scored 11 points along with four steals.
Marian Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 19-4. As for Blue Mountain, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-4.
Marian Catholic will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Northern Lehigh at 6:00 p.m. on February 27th. Hopefully Marian Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Thursday. As for Blue Mountain, they and North Schuylkill will face off at 6:00 p.m. on February 16th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Blue Mountain is coming into the match with eight straight wins on the road, so North Schuylkill will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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