The Morris Catholic Crusaders put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They managed a 67-63 victory over Bethany. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Morris Catholic was led to victory by Mya Pauldo and Mia Pauldo. Pauldo scored 22 points along with five assists and five rebounds, while Pauldo scored 23 points along with nine assists and five rebounds. Pauldo is absolutely dominating the steal category: she's posted at least two every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaqueline Edelman, who scored eight points.
Morris Catholic's win bumped their record up to 13-0. As for Bethany, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-4.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Morris Catholic will challenge Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bethany won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Newcastle at 6:30 p.m. on January 16th. Newcastle will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Oklahoma Rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while Bethany is ranked sixth).
