Basketball Game Preview: Mount St. Mary Academy Belles vs. Parkview Patriots

Mount St. Mary Academy is 0-3 against Parkview since January of 2023 but things could change on Friday. The Mount St. Mary Academy Belles will venture away from home to face off against the Parkview Patriots at 6:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Mount St. Mary Academy is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Tuesday. They took a blow against Beebe, falling 59-27. While losing is never fun, the Belles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 175th, while the Badgers are ranked 19th).

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 78-49, which was the final score in Parkview's tilt against Vilonia on Friday. The loss continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost four in a row.

Parkview's defeat dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Mount St. Mary Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 5-13.

Mount St. Mary Academy suffered a grim 70-47 defeat to Parkview when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Mount St. Mary Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.