The St. Mary's Pirates and the Denver Christian Thunder will face off at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Mary's is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 58-31 win over Addenbrooke Classical Academy. St. Mary's victory was all the more impressive since the Mustangs were averaging only 24.33 points allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, Denver Christian waltzed into their contest on Friday with 15 straight wins... but they left with 16. They claimed a resounding 64-23 win over the Panthers. Given the Thunder's advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Panthers are ranked 203rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Denver Christian pushed their record up to 23-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.4 points on average over those games. As for St. Mary's, their win bumped their record up to 16-8.
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