Even though the Saint Francis Lancers scored an imposing 69 points on Saturday, the Sacred Heart Prep Gators still came out on top. Sacred Heart Prep escaped with a win against Saint Francis by the margin of a single free throw, 70-69. That's another feather in the cap for Sacred Heart Prep, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Sacred Heart Prep was led to victory by JP Kerrigan and TJ O'Brien. Kerrigan scored 19 points along with five steals, while O'Brien scored 23 points. The match was O'Brien's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Hogan, who scored ten points.
Sacred Heart Prep's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Saint Francis, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-3.
Sacred Heart Prep will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Ogden at 10:30 a.m. on December 27th. As for Saint Francis, they will head out on the road to face off against Mountain View at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.