Tonight is Senior Night at Mater Dei! JV begins at 6 with Varsity to follow after our seniors are recognized! We will also celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1973-1974 team at halftime of the Varsity game. See you at the Trame Center tonight! #WeAreMD

Knights won in a thriller last night, 54-52! Drake Wagner with the game winning layup as time expired. He had 18 points in the game. Elliott Rakers with 10 pts, 6 rebs, 4 blocks, and 3 assists. Luke Haake 7 pts, 5 rebs, 4 assists. We will host Nashville on Monday at 7 PM!

Caleb Zurliene with a top 10 play yesterday for McKendree against Drury. Not sure any Knights fans are surprised by this one. Very familiar sight with him playing WAY above the rim!

Reminder: Tonight’s regional game against Nashville begins at 7 PM. See you at the Trame Center!

2023-2024 Season GLVC Accolades for our guys!

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ career points for #3 Caleb Zurliene! Late in the first half of the Great Lakes Valley Conference quarterfinal! #GLVCmbb #BearcatsUnleashed

Congratulations to Senior Drake Wagner on earning Special Mention Team All-State in Class 2A!

Drake Wagner, 6’2 Drake Class of 2024 • 2023-2024 Stats: - 16.9 PPG, 85-230 (37%) from 3, 119-144 (83%) from the line - 3.2 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.1 SPG • Career Stats - 946 Career Points, school record 192 made 3s on 477 attempts (40.3%) hudl.com/v/2Nkpcm

Nick Lampe, 5’11 nick lampe Class of 2024 • 2023-2024 Stats - 12.1 PPG, 3 APG, 2.6 RPG, 1 SPG - 57-170 (33.5%) from 3, 86-118 (73%) from the line • Career Stats - 675 Career Points, 158 Career Assists - 106 made 3s on 301 attempts (35%) hudl.com/v/2Nd4Kj

We concluded our season with our banquet a couple weeks ago at Applebee’s! Our Award Winners were as follows: Defense: Luke Haake MVP & Free Throw: Drake Wagner Knight: Garrick Winkeler Rebound: Elliott Rakers Assist: Nick Lampe Thanks to Applebee’s for their hospitality!

As the college basketball season comes to a close this evening, shoutout to 2 of our own! 2020 graduates Caleb Zurliene and Jake Schadegg had productive seasons with Caleb earning GLVC Defensive POY and Jake earning Most Improved on his Washburn squad! #KnextLevelKnights

We are less than 4 weeks away from hosting our Basketball Camp! Online Registration is available in the attached link for kids entering grades 3-8.

Happy Mother’s Day from Mater Dei Basketball!

This week we held our annual basketball camp for kids entering grades 3 through 8. There were 208 total campers in these sessions! It was great to see the competitive spirit of these kids for 4 straight days. The foundation of basketball in our area is strong!

Happy Father’s Day! Two members of our coaching staff recently joined the fatherhood club. Ensley Etter was born on June 2 while Josephine Arentsen was born on June 11. We look forward to seeing Ensley and Josephine in the stands this season! #WeAreMD

Dynamic junior guard who missed his sophomore season with a knee injury. Gavin is in the gym daily (sometimes more than once) working on his craft. Big things ahead for him as an upperclassmen!