Basketball Game Preview: Sacred Heart Prep Gators vs. St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats

By Team Reports Dec 11, 2023, 12:46am

Preview: Sacred Heart Prep Gators vs. St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats

After two games on the road, Sacred Heart Prep is heading back home. They will take on the St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Last Wednesday, Sacred Heart Prep was fully in charge, breezing past Sequoia 65-24 on the road. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 44-7.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sacred Heart Prep to victory, but perhaps none more so than Drew Wagner, who scored 20 points along with 3 steals. The contest was Wagner's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was TJ O'Brien, who scored 17 points along with 4 steals.

Meanwhile, St. Ignatius College Preparatory slipped by University 75-74 on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for St. Ignatius College Preparatory.

Sacred Heart Prep's win bumped their season record to 3-1 while Sequoia's loss dropped theirs to 1-4.

Sacred Heart Prep took their victory against St. Ignatius College Preparatory in their previous meeting back in December of 2022 by a conclusive 71-50. Will Sacred Heart Prep repeat their success, or does St. Ignatius College Preparatory have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.