Preview: St. Joseph Spartans vs. Leechburg Blue Devils
St. Joseph is on a five-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Leechburg a four-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The St. Joseph Spartans will be home for the holidays to greet the Leechburg Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 83-41, which was the final score in St. Joseph's tilt against Springdale on Friday. While losing is never fun, St. Joseph can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 413th, while Springdale is ranked 115th).
Meanwhile, Leechburg came up short against Valley on Tuesday and fell 53-46.
Jayden Floyd put forth a good effort for the losing side as he scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and eight steals. He scored a full 41.3% of Leechburg's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Rollinger, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds and four steals.
St. Joseph's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Leechburg, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
St. Joseph came up short against Leechburg in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, falling 69-62. Will St. Joseph have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
