Basketball Game Preview: Holy Cross Knights vs. Incarnate Word Academy Angels

Holy Cross is 0-10 against Incarnate Word Academy since January of 2015 but things could change on Tuesday. The Holy Cross Knights will look to defend their home court against the Incarnate Word Academy Angels at 6:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Holy Cross is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game dating back to last season last Monday. They were beaten by St. Anthony 58-30.

Meanwhile, Incarnate Word Academy took a blow against Hill Country Christian School of Austin on Saturday, falling 59-31. While losing is never fun, the Angels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 957th, while the Knights are ranked 478th).

Abbey Sachanowicz was Incarnate Word Academy's leading scorer, having posted ten points. Sarah Cory held things down on the boards with five rebounds.

Incarnate Word Academy has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-9 record this season. As for Holy Cross, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.

Holy Cross suffered a grim 60-34 defeat to Incarnate Word Academy in their previous meeting back in February. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Holy Cross was down 40-19.