Basketball Game Preview: St. Thomas Episcopal Saints vs. Rosehill Christian Eagles

The St. Thomas Episcopal Saints will venture away from home to challenge the Rosehill Christian Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Thomas Episcopal will be strutting in after a win while Rosehill Christian will be coming in after a defeat.

Last Friday, everything went St. Thomas Episcopal's way against First Baptist Christian as St. Thomas Episcopal made off with a 78-58 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Saints.

Meanwhile, Rosehill Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They fell 62-49 to Northland Christian. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 936th, while the Cougars are ranked 268th).

St. Thomas Episcopal is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-12 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points per game. As for Rosehill Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-15.

Everything came up roses for St. Thomas Episcopal against Rosehill Christian in their previous meeting back in January, as the squad secured a 77-43 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Rosehill Christian's David Gomez, who went 9 for 12 on his way to 21 points and seven rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will St. Thomas Episcopal still be able to contain Gomez? There's only one way to find out.