Basketball Game Preview: Servite Friars vs. JSerra Catholic Lions

Servite hasn't had much luck against JSerra Catholic recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Servite Friars will square off against the JSerra Catholic Lions at 7:00 p.m.

Servite's tournament run continued when they took on Camarillo on Monday. Servite fell 60-48 to Camarillo. While losing is never fun, the Friars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Scorpions are ranked 33rd).

Meanwhile, JSerra Catholic waltzed into their matchup on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They snuck past the Crusaders with a 52-47 victory.

Servite's defeat dropped their record down to 11-3. As for JSerra Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 14-3.

Servite took a serious blow against JSerra Catholic in their previous meeting back in February, falling 76-47. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Servite was down 39-14.