The St. Anthony's Friars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Iona Prep Gaels at 3:45 p.m. on Sunday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Anthony's has three straight wins, the Gaels have three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, St. Anthony's earned a 54-42 victory over the Firebirds. That's two games straight that St. Anthony's has won by exactly 12 points.
St. Anthony's got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Kevin Moore out in front who scored 17 points along with six rebounds. Another player making a difference was Chris Welling, who scored 14 points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Iona Prep faced the Royals in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Iona Prep fell just short of the Royals by a score of 73-70. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
St. Anthony's has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Iona Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 7-3.
St. Anthony's couldn't quite finish off the Gaels when the teams last played back in January of 2018 and fell 43-41. Can St. Anthony's avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
