The Malvern Prep Friars will take on the Archbishop Wood Vikings in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Archbishop Wood is hoping to do what Shipley couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Malvern Prep's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Malvern Prep blew past Shipley 72-44. The game marked the Friars' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Archbishop Wood). They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat Friends Select 92-63. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vikings.
The win got Archbishop Wood back to even at 2-2. As for Malvern Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.
Malvern Prep came up short against Archbishop Wood when the teams last played back in December of 2014, falling 66-55. Can Malvern Prep avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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