The St. John's Catholic Prep Vikings will be home for the holidays to greet the St. Andrew's Episcopal Lions at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
St. John's Catholic Prep has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three matchups by 27 points or more this season. They claimed a resounding 62-35 win over Concordia Prep on the road. The win made it back-to-back wins for St. John's Catholic Prep.
St. John's Catholic Prep got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Cayenne Pigeon out in front who scored 23 points. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Pigeon has scored at least 25% of St. John's Catholic Prep's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Nadia Ferguson, who scored 20 points.
Meanwhile, St. Andrew's Episcopal is ranked highly in their home state, and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Mercersburg Academy. Everything went St. Andrew's Episcopal's way against Mercersburg Academy as St. Andrew's Episcopal made off with a 56-36 victory. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest win St. Andrew's Episcopal has managed all season.
Sophia Brooks and Lamaria Estridge were among the main playmakers for St. Andrew's Episcopal as the former dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds and the latter scored 14 points along with five rebounds. The game was Brooks' fourth in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Olivia Strause, who scored six points along with eight rebounds.
St. John's Catholic Prep is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for St. Andrew's Episcopal, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-1.
Keep an eye on the arc in Wednesday's match: St. John's Catholic Prep have made nailing deep shots look easy this year this season, having only averaged 5.4 threes per game. However, it's not like St. Andrew's Episcopal struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 4.3 threes per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
St. John's Catholic Prep strolled past St. Andrew's Episcopal when the teams last played back in December of 2019 by a score of 75-61. Will St. John's Catholic Prep repeat their success, or does St. Andrew's Episcopal have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
