Basketball Game Preview: Bishop Blanchet Bears vs. Seattle Academy Cardinals

The Bishop Blanchet Bears will challenge the Seattle Academy Cardinals at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Bishop Blanchet is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Roosevelt just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 67-53 bruising from the Roughriders.

Meanwhile, Seattle Academy came up short against Lincoln on Monday and fell 53-46. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington basketball rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the Abes are ranked ninth).

Bishop Blanchet's defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 8-2. As for Seattle Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5.

Bishop Blanchet strolled past Seattle Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2017 by a score of 61-47. Will Bishop Blanchet repeat their success, or does Seattle Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.