Basketball Game Preview: Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights vs. New Prague Trojans

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Previous 6 Games

03/01/24 - Away	57-47 W
02/06/24 - Home	71-43 W
03/03/23 - Home	69-51 W
02/07/23 - Away	71-67 W
03/04/22 - Away	67-45 W
01/31/22 - Home	81-54 W

Benilde-St. Margaret has gone 6-0 against New Prague recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights will challenge the New Prague Trojans at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Benilde-St. Margaret's has 11 straight wins, New Prague has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Tuesday, Benilde-St. Margaret's had just enough and edged Waconia out 62-60. Given the Red Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked first, while the Wildcats are ranked 70th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 78-51, which was the final score in New Prague's tilt against St. Louis Park on Tuesday.

Benilde-St. Margaret's pushed their record up to 11-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 81.2 points per game. As for New Prague, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.

Benilde-St. Margaret's beat New Prague 57-47 when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Does Benilde-St. Margaret's have another victory up their sleeve, or will New Prague turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.