Basketball Game Preview: St. Frances Academy Panthers vs. Morris Catholic Crusaders

Having just played yesterday, the St. Frances Academy Panthers will jump right back in to play the Morris Catholic Crusaders at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as St. Frances Academy comes in on six and Morris Catholic on seven.

St. Frances Academy's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Saturday, when they got past Bergtraum's usually-dominant defense. St. Frances Academy blew past Bergtraum 67-44. The Panthers pushed the score to 55-31 by the end of the third, a deficit the Blazers cut but never quite recovered from.

Mone'T Edwards continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 9 for 19 on her way to 19 points and eight rebounds. Those eight boards gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Dahni Suggs, who went 5 of 11 on her way to 10 points in addition to seven boards and three steals.

St. Frances Academy smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 23 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in ten consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, Morris Catholic was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past East New York Family Academy 69-26. Fans of the Crusaders have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.

St. Frances Academy's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for Morris Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.