After four games on the road, Montgomery Catholic is heading back home. The Montgomery Catholic Knights and the Trinity Presbyterian Wildcats will face off at 2:15 p.m. on December 30th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Montgomery Catholic will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Alabama Rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while Trinity Presbyterian is ranked 45th).
Montgomery Catholic managed to keep up with Prattville Christian Academy until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Montgomery Catholic was the victim of a tough 59-38 defeat at the hands of Prattville Christian Academy.
Despite the defeat, Montgomery Catholic saw an underclassman step up: Hannah Smith scored 16 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. Smith scored a full 42.1% of Montgomery Catholic's points, the 11th time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Joanna Marlow, who scored four points along with eight rebounds and four blocks.
Trinity Presbyterian has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matches by 20 points or more this season. They took their matchup at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 61-33 victory over Pleasant Grove. The win was nothing new for Trinity Presbyterian as they're now sitting on eight straight.
Montgomery Catholic has not been sharp recently, as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-8 record this season. As for Trinity Presbyterian, they pushed their record up to 12-4 with that victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
Montgomery Catholic was dealt a bruising 63-26 loss at the hands of Trinity Presbyterian in their previous matchup on Wednesday. The game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Montgomery Catholic was down 43-12.
