The St. Monica Mariners will venture away from home to take on the Serra Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
St. Monica picked up another tournament win on Monday. They walked away with a 63-54 win over Northgate.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Serra, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They enjoyed a cozy 88-73 victory over Compton on Thursday. Given the Cavaliers' advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 520th, while the Tarbabes are ranked 1172nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Serra is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.2 points per game. As for St. Monica, their win bumped their record up to 13-5.
St. Monica came up short against Serra in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 59-51. Can St. Monica avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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