Basketball Game Preview: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish vs. Saint Francis Lancers

The Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish will venture away from home to face off against the Saint Francis Lancers at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Archbishop Riordan on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory was beaten by Archbishop Riordan 91-33. While losing is never fun, the Fightin' Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Crusaders are ranked third).

Meanwhile, Saint Francis lost to Bellarmine College Prep on the road by a 68-50 margin on Thursday. The Lancers haven't had much luck with the Bells recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.

Saint Francis' defeat dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-9.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Saint Francis in their previous matchup on January 10th, but they still walked away with a 50-46 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.