The Holy Trinity Catholic Crusaders will head out on the road to challenge the Lone Tree Lions on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Holy Trinity Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Moulton-Udell 61-24 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Crusaders have posted since February 8, 2024.
Meanwhile, Lone Tree entered their tilt with Cedar Valley Christian on Thursday with nine consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with ten. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Huskies 69-20. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Huskies are ranked 345th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lone Tree's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.3 points over those games. As for Holy Trinity Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.
Everything went Holy Trinity Catholic's way against Lone Tree when the teams last played back in February of 2024, as Holy Trinity Catholic made off with a 50-26 victory. Does Holy Trinity Catholic have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lone Tree turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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