St. Edward is 0-8 against St. Francis since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The St. Edward Beavers' road trip will continue as they head out to face the St. Francis Flyers at 7:30 p.m. on February 20th.
St. Edward managed to keep up with Chambers/Wheeler Central until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. St. Edward was the victim of a tough 47-22 defeat at the hands of Chambers/Wheeler Central.
The losing side was boosted by Anthony Reader, who scored 15 points. That was a full 68.2% of St. Edward's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, St. Francis didn't have too much trouble with Twin River on the road on Friday as they won 46-30. St. Francis pushed the score to 36-11 by the end of the third, a deficit Twin River cut but never quite recovered from.
St. Edward's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-16. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 26.3 points per game. As for St. Francis, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.
St. Edward took a serious blow against St. Francis in their previous meeting back in January, falling 66-22. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. Edward was down 34-14.
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