Basketball Game Preview: Holy Trinity Titans vs. Sacred Heart Academy Spartans

By Team Reports Feb 16, 2024, 2:30am

Preview: Holy Trinity Titans vs. Sacred Heart Academy Spartans

Holy Trinity is 1-8 against Sacred Heart Academy since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Holy Trinity Titans will head out on the road to square off against the Sacred Heart Academy Spartans at 5:45 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Holy Trinity has not done well against Our Lady of Mercy Academy recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Everything went Holy Trinity's way against Our Lady of Mercy Academy as Holy Trinity made off with a 42-19 win. The victory was just what Holy Trinity needed coming off of a 78-23 loss in their prior contest.

Maya Logie was her usual excellent self, scoring 19 points along with seven steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Holy Trinity's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Anna Marcone, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds.

Meanwhile, the third road game was the charm for Sacred Heart Academy, as they earned their first road win of the season. They blew past Holy Trinity 55-26 on the road back in January. Given Sacred Heart Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 112th, while Holy Trinity is ranked 465th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Holy Trinity's win ended a 14-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-14. As for Sacred Heart Academy, they now have a winning record of 3-2.

Holy Trinity was taken down by Sacred Heart Academy 55-26 when the teams last played back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Holy Trinity was down 32-10.

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