Wolfpack
| 01/09/25 vs St. Mary's | 33-38 |
| 01/03/25 vs North Central | 49-47 |
| 12/30/24 vs Creighton | 64-38 |
| 12/28/24 vs Madison | 55-29 |
| 12/27/24 vs Lyons-Decatur Northeast | 49-33 |
After a string of five wins, Elgin/Pope John's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 38-33 hit to the loss column at the hands of the St. Mary's Cardinals. If the Wolfpack were looking for revenge after losing 56-43 to them when the teams met, then they'll just have to keep looking.
Elgin/Pope John lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Madelyn Kurpgeweit, who posted 12 points. Another player making a difference was Braelyn Martinsen, who had eight points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Mary's to victory, but perhaps none more so than Pyper Ickes, who earned 12 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Gracie Williamson, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds.
Elgin/Pope John's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-2. As for St. Mary's, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Elgin/Pope John will take on Bloomfield at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Elgin/Pope John is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.2 points per game this season. As for St. Mary's, they won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Ainsworth at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Mary's also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 58.1 points per game.
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