The St. Monica Mariners will challenge the St. Anthony Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Monica will be strutting in after a victory while St. Anthony will be coming in after a loss.
St. Monica will bounce into Thursday's match after beating St. Mary's Academy, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. St. Monica snuck past St. Mary's Academy with a 47-41 win on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, St. Anthony came up short against Bishop Montgomery on Tuesday, falling 79-53. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Knights are ranked sixth).
St. Monica will have to contain Jordyn Washington as she made an impact in St. Anthony's last game. She posted 18 points and three steals. Another player making a difference was Kadence Lloyd, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 11 rebounds.
St. Anthony's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-12. As for St. Monica, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 18-5 record this season.
St. Monica came up short against St. Anthony in their previous matchup on January 14th, falling 64-58. Will St. Monica have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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