Menlo School hasn't had much luck against Sacred Heart Prep recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Menlo School Knights will head out to take on the Sacred Heart Prep Gators at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Sacred Heart Prep will be up against a hot Menlo School squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Menlo School enjoyed a cozy 74-58 victory over Eastside College Prep on Tuesday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 245th, while the Panthers are ranked 531st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sacred Heart Prep). They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat Harker 80-41. With the Gators ahead 43-22 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Menlo School better focus on containing Alex Osterloh and Alex Straser as the pair were huge in Sacred Heart Prep's win. Osterloh went 6 for 11 en route to 16 points and five boards, while Straser went 6 of 11 on his way to 17 points and five rebounds. Straser's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Luca De Bernardis, who almost dropped a double-double on ten points and nine rebounds.
Menlo School has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.4 points per game. As for Sacred Heart Prep, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Menlo School suffered a grim 63-42 defeat to Sacred Heart Prep in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Can Menlo School avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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