St. Anthony has won three straight games at home, while St. Paul has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The St. Anthony Saints will welcome the St. Paul Swordsmen at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in St. Anthony's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last nine games.
St. Anthony will head into Monday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 43-point drubbing they dealt Serra on Monday. St. Anthony took their matchup with ease, bagging a 90-47 victory over Serra. With the Saints ahead 49-22 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, St. Paul's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They took a 68-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy. While the Swordsmen didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Warriors 21-17 in the first quarter.
St. Anthony has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 74.8 points per game. As for St. Paul, their loss dropped their record down to 15-10.
St. Anthony beat St. Paul 59-47 when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will St. Anthony repeat their success, or does St. Paul have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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