Basketball Game Preview: St. Augustine Saints vs. Mission Bay Buccaneers

By Team Reports Feb 5, 2024, 3:09am

Basketball Preview: St. Augustine Saints vs. Mission Bay Buccaneers

St. Augustine is 10-0 against the Buccaneers since January of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The St. Augustine Saints will look to defend their home court against the Mission Bay Buccaneers at 6:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.

Last Friday, St. Augustine was able to grind out a solid victory over the Dons, taking the game 76-63. Given St. Augustine's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Dons are ranked 97th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Mission Bay was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Saturday as they fell 64-60 to the Eagles.

St. Augustine has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season. As for Mission Bay, their loss dropped their record down to 16-10.

St. Augustine strolled past the Buccaneers in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 81-62. Will St. Augustine repeat their success, or do the Buccaneers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.