The Juan Diego Catholic Soaring Eagle will head out on the road to face off against the Murray Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Juan Diego Catholic will be strutting in after a victory while Murray will be coming in after a defeat.
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Juan Diego Catholic ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They snuck past Westlake with a 59-54 victory. With that win, Juan Diego Catholic brought their scoring average up to 51.5 points per game.
Juan Diego Catholic's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Stockton Young, who scored 15 points, and Luke Meyer, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 10 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which Meyer has scored at least 25% of Juan Diego Catholic's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Javier Aguirre, who scored 9 points.
Meanwhile, Murray unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 58-41 bruising from Riverton.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Isaiah Beh, who scored 12 points along with 3 steals. The contest was his fourth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Kade Whitlock, who scored 11 points.
The losses dropped Juan Diego Catholic to 1-1 and Westlake to 0-2.
Everything went Juan Diego Catholic's way against Murray in their previous meeting back in December of 2022 as Juan Diego Catholic made off with a 53-32 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Juan Diego Catholic since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
