St. Thomas Academy and Hastings are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The St. Thomas Academy Cadets will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Hastings Raiders at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Hastings will be up against a hot St. Thomas Academy squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. St. Thomas Academy blew past Hill-Murray, posting a 55-28 win. Given the Cadets' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Pioneers are ranked 249th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hastings). They were the clear victor by an 87-66 margin over South St. Paul on Tuesday.
Hastings is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for St. Thomas Academy, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-5.
Everything went St. Thomas Academy's way against Hastings in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, as St. Thomas Academy made off with an 82-62 win. Does St. Thomas Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hastings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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