Basketball Game Preview: Calvary Saints vs. Springfield Southeast Spartans

The Calvary Saints and the Springfield Southeast Spartans will face off at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Calvary has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

Calvary is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Hartsburg-Emden, posting an 86-42 victory.

It was another big night for Luke Blackford, who went 12 of 16 en route to 26 points along with seven rebounds and five assists. The matchup was his fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Reese Huffman, who almost dropped a triple-double on 13 points, nine boards, and ten assists.

Calvary smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Springfield Southeast was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell 51-42 to Decatur Eisenhower. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 558th, while the Panthers are ranked 200th).

Calvary now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Springfield Southeast, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.