Basketball Game Preview: Millard South Patriots vs. Bishop Heelan Catholic Crusaders

The Millard South Patriots just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Bishop Heelan Catholic Crusaders at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Millard South is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Norfolk: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Millard South blew Norfolk out of the water with a 63-26 final score. With the Patriots ahead 33-11 at the half, the game was all but over already.

Meanwhile, Bishop Heelan Catholic waltzed into their contest on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They breezed by the Yellowjackets to the tune of 89-11. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa basketball rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 324th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Millard South has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.3 points over those games. As for Bishop Heelan Catholic, their victory was their 19th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-2.