Father Tolton are taking a road trip to face off against the Oak Park Northmen at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Father Tolton fought the good fight in their overtime match against Hickman on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 71-59 to the Kewpies. Father Tolton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Oak Park had already won 15 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.6 points) and they went ahead and made it 16 on Tuesday. They managed a 58-52 victory over the Raiders. Given the Northmen's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked first, while the Raiders are ranked 87th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Oak Park pushed their record up to 17-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Father Tolton, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-10.
Father Tolton strolled past Oak Park in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 by a score of 69-51. The rematch might be a little tougher for Father Tolton since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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