Basketball Recap: Rock Bridge's Higher State Rank on Full Display on Friday

On Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, the Rock Bridge Bruins beat the St. Joseph Christian Lions 51-45. Given the Bruins' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Lions are ranked 493rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Rock Bridge is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.2 points over those games. As for St. Joseph Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-19.

Rock Bridge has already played their next game (against Burroughs), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for St. Joseph Christian, they have already played their next contest, a 52-21 loss against Worth County on the 7th.