The St. Monica Mariners just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the St. Mary's Academy Belles at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
St. Monica is headed into Sunday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They were six points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 70-64 heartbreaker at the hands of San Dimas. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (61), the Mariners still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, St. Mary's Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell to St. Monica 47-41. While losing is never fun, the Belles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 184th, while the Mariners are ranked 48th).
St. Monica's defeat dropped their record down to 18-7. As for St. Mary's Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 14-10.
St. Monica didn't have too much breathing room in their game against St. Mary's Academy in their previous meeting on Tuesday, but they still walked away with a 47-41 win. Does St. Monica have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Mary's Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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