Basketball Game Preview: Virginia Episcopal School Bishops vs. Saint Gertrude Gators

The Virginia Episcopal School Bishops are taking a road trip to challenge the Saint Gertrude Gators at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Virginia Episcopal School is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.5 points per game this season.

Virginia Episcopal School is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing New Covenant: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Virginia Episcopal School blew New Covenant out of the water with a 58-19 final score. The Bishops pushed the score to 49-16 by the end of the third, a deficit the Gryphons had no chance of recovering from.

Sasha Brody continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, almost dropping a double-double on 20 points and nine steals. She has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 13 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Mia Wolfe, who went 5 for 11 en route to 14 points and seven boards.

Virginia Episcopal School was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as New Covenant only posted four assists.

Meanwhile, Saint Gertrude can bid farewell to their three-game losing streak thanks to their game on Thursday. They slipped by Collegiate 65-64.

Saint Gertrude's win bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Virginia Episcopal School, they are also on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.

Virginia Episcopal School came up short against Saint Gertrude when the teams last played back in January, falling 61-57. Can Virginia Episcopal School avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.