Basketball Preview: St. Francis Knights vs. The Weber School Rams
St. Francis is 6-0 against The Weber School since January of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The St. Francis Knights will challenge The Weber School Rams at 7:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for St. Francis and nine for The Weber School dating back to last season.
St. Francis is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Mount Vernon by a score of 83-81 on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (63), the Knights still had to take the loss.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Greg Howard, who went 6 for 11 from beyond the arc en route to 29 points plus five rebounds. The contest was his third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Reynolds Escher, who went 10 for 20 en route to 21 points plus eight assists and six rebounds.
Meanwhile, a victory for The Weber School just wasn't in the cards on Tuesday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt a 75-32 loss at the hands of Whitefield Academy. The Rams were down 53-23 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
St. Francis' defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for The Weber School, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Everything went St. Francis' way against The Weber School in their previous matchup back in January, as St. Francis made off with a 79-54 win. Does St. Francis have another victory up their sleeve, or will The Weber School turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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