Mater Dei is 1-9 against Civic Memorial since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mater Dei Knights will take on the Civic Memorial Eagles in a tournament on Tuesday. Mater Dei is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.7 points per game this season.
Mater Dei picked up another tournament win on Saturday. They walked away with a 56-45 win over Belleville East.
| 01/18/25 vs Belleville East | 21 |
| 01/31/24 @ Okawville | 27 |
| 12/28/23 vs O'Fallon | 24 |
| 02/05/24 @ Belleville East | 22 |
| 12/02/23 @ Freeburg | 18 |
Alyssa Koerkenmeier went supernova for Mater Dei, dropping a double-double on 21 points and 11 boards. That's the most points Koerkenmeier has posted since back in February of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Maris Zurliene, who posted 13 points and four steals.
Meanwhile, Civic Memorial beat Centralia 52-40 on Saturday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Orphans are ranked 187th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mater Dei is also on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.7 points per game. As for Civic Memorial, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-3.
Mater Dei didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Civic Memorial in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, but they still walked away with a 40-34 win. Will Mater Dei repeat their success, or does Civic Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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