Basketball Recap: St. Mary's Central Falls Short Against Ranked Mandan

On Friday, St. Mary's Central faced Mandan in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The St. Mary's Central Saints took a blow against the Mandan Braves, falling 74-37. The matchup marked the Saints' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

St. Mary's Central's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-4. As for Mandan, they pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.

St. Mary's Central has already played their next game (against Minot), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Mandan will be playing at home against Bismarck at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Mandan has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.