Basketball Game Preview: Granville Blue Aces vs. St. Francis DeSales Stallions

The Granville Blue Aces will challenge the St. Francis DeSales Stallions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

St. Francis DeSales will be up against a hot Granville team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Granville strolled past Licking Valley with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 57-43.

Meanwhile, St. Francis DeSales waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They breezed past the Rams to the tune of 81-53. Given the Stallions' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Rams are ranked 547th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Granville's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-6. As for St. Francis DeSales, their win bumped their record up to 16-7.

Granville suffered a grim 55-31 defeat to St. Francis DeSales in their previous matchup back in December of 2021. Can Granville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.