Basketball Game Preview: Bishop England Battling Bishops vs. Archbishop Alter Knights

The Bishop England Battling Bishops and the Archbishop Alter Knights will face off at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Bishop England is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.

Bishop England is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Lawrence County by a score of 71-69 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Battling Bishops have suffered since December 28, 2023.

Meanwhile, Archbishop Alter was just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 51-50 to Hopewell. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 179th in Ohio, while the Titans are ranked 25th in North Carolina).

Bishop England's defeat dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Archbishop Alter, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.