Basketball Game Preview: St. Augustine Purple Knights vs. Holy Cross Tigers

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Previous Games

02/14/24 - Away	56-34 W
01/19/24 - Home	77-65 W
02/16/23 - Away	58-70 L
01/24/23 - Home	61-56 W
02/18/22 - Home	69-55 W
+ 5 more games

St. Augustine is 9-1 against Holy Cross since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The St. Augustine Purple Knights will venture away from home to face off against the Holy Cross Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with St. Augustine sitting on three straight wins and Holy Cross on four.

St. Augustine is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: John Curtis Christian, who was ranked 14th at the time (St. Augustine was ranked tenth). St. Augustine skirted past John Curtis Christian 47-44.

Meanwhile, after only 30 points in their last game, Holy Cross made sure to put some points up on the board against Jesuit on Tuesday. Holy Cross strolled past Jesuit with points to spare, taking the game 59-43.

St. Augustine is also on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season. As for Holy Cross, they pushed their record up to 20-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.

Everything went St. Augustine's way against Holy Cross in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, as St. Augustine made off with a 56-34 win. Will St. Augustine repeat their success, or does Holy Cross have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.