Basketball Game Preview: Seattle Academy Cardinals vs. Ballard Beavers

The Seattle Academy Cardinals will challenge the Ballard Beavers at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Seattle Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 70-57 victory over Chief Sealth on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cardinals.

Meanwhile, Ballard earned a 71-59 win over Ingraham on Tuesday. Given the Beavers' advantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Rams are ranked 279th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Ballard pushed their record up to 7-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.4 points per game. As for Seattle Academy, their win bumped their record up to 5-6.

Things could have been worse for Seattle Academy, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 51-32 loss to Ballard when the teams last played back in November of 2024. Can Seattle Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.