The St. Pius X Catholic Golden Lions will head out on the road to take on the Sandy Creek Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
St. Pius X Catholic will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 56) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Sequoyah out 86-84. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Golden Lions have posted since December 8, 2023.
Meanwhile, Sandy Creek came tearing into Saturday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Tigers 76-46. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Tigers are ranked 161st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sandy Creek's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.7 points per game. As for St. Pius X Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
St. Pius X Catholic came up short against Sandy Creek in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 57-52. Can St. Pius X Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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