Basketball Preview: St. John's Bluejays vs. Crestview Knights
St. John hasn't had much luck against Crestview recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The St. John's Bluejays will venture away from home to challenge the Crestview Knights at 12:00 p.m.
St. John's is headed into Saturday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game dating back to last season on Thursday. They received a blow as they fell 45-30 to Parkway. The Bluejays were down 43-22 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Crestview). They simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat Lima Central Catholic 66-3. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
It was another big night for Kaci Gregory, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine steals. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in field goal percentage (90%). Haley McCoy was another key player, posting six points in addition to ten rebounds and four steals.
Crestview was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Crestview's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 19.9 points per game. As for St. John's, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
St. John's took a serious blow against Crestview in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 71-30. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. John's was down 42-17.
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