Maryville Christian lost against Marquette Catholic back in December of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Maryville Christian Lions lost to the Marquette Catholic Explorers on the road by a 38-19 margin. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 481st, while the Explorers are ranked 200th).
This is the second loss in a row for Maryville Christian and nudges their season record down to 11-15. As for Marquette Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 18-10 record this season.
Maryville Christian didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 41-27 win against Metro-East Lutheran on the 7th. Marquette Catholic has also already played their next game (against East Alton-Wood River), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
