Basketball Game Preview: Broughton Capitals vs. St. Anne's-Belfield Saints

The Broughton Capitals and the St. Anne's-Belfield Saints will face off at 5:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

While Broughton didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-15), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They strolled past Ravenscroft with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 57-43.

Broughton's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jordan Page, who almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine boards, and Christian Outlaw, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 12 points and seven rebounds. Page's morning made it 13 games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hudson Fitzgerald, who posted nine points.

Meanwhile, St. Anne's-Belfield is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Greenfield. St. Anne's-Belfield blew past Greenfield 76-44. The match marked the Saints' most dominant win of the season so far.

Broughton is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.0 points per game. As for St. Anne's-Belfield, they now have a winning record of 5-4.