Basketball Game Preview: St. Bernard Vikings vs. St. Anthony Saints

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Previous Games

01/08/25 - Home	67-59 W
01/24/24 - Away	63-66 L
01/05/24 - Home	72-75 L
02/01/23 - Away	68-56 W
01/18/23 - Home	62-53 W
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St. Bernard has gone 8-2 against St. Anthony recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The St. Bernard Vikings will take on the St. Anthony Saints at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in St. Bernard's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 11 matches.

St. Bernard is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering St. Paul just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took an 85-72 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Swordsmen. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (67), the Vikings still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, St. Anthony had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They enjoyed a cozy 80-66 victory over the Knights.

St. Anthony is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.7 points per game. As for St. Bernard, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 17-6.

St. Bernard beat St. Anthony 67-59 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Bernard since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.