Basketball Game Preview: Notre Dame Prep Lancers vs. St. Bernard Saints

The Notre Dame Prep Lancers will face off against the St. Bernard Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

St. Bernard will be up against a hot Notre Dame Prep squad: the team just extended their winning streak to 11. Notre Dame Prep blew past Masuk, posting an 81-48 win. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut basketball rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Panthers are ranked 60th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, St. Bernard got the win against Fitch on Tuesday by a conclusive 77-51. The Saints pushed the score to 62-40 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons had little chance of recovering from.

St. Bernard has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.2 points per game. As for Notre Dame Prep, their victory was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-2.