Basketball Game Preview: Salesian College Preparatory Pride vs. Saint Mary's Panthers

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Previous Games

01/14/25 - Away	68-54 W
02/08/24 - Home	57-40 W
01/29/24 - Home	53-32 W
01/09/24 - Away	71-54 W
02/09/23 - Home	72-29 W
+ 5 more games

Salesian College Preparatory has gone 10-0 against Saint Mary recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Salesian College Preparatory Pride will look to defend their home court against the Saint Mary's Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Salesian College Preparatory is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.1 points per game this season.

Last Tuesday, Salesian College Preparatory earned a 46-39 victory over Pinole Valley. Given the Pride's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Spartans are ranked 222nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Salesian College Preparatory's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jamia Sawyer led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 15 points and nine boards. Vanessa Parilla was another key player, putting up 13 points.

Meanwhile, Saint Mary's entered their tilt with Bethel on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They took down the Jaguars 54-39. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly 15 points.

Saint Mary's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-11. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.0 points per game. As for Salesian College Preparatory, their victory bumped their record up to 14-8.

Salesian College Preparatory strolled past Saint Mary's in their previous matchup on January 14th by a score of 68-54. Will Salesian College Preparatory repeat their success, or does Saint Mary's have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.