The St. Stanislaus Rock-a-Chaws suffered their closest defeat since November 21, 2023 on Wednesday. They fell just short of St. Patrick by a score of 66-63. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
It was another big night for Matt Krass, who scored 28 points along with five rebounds and two steals for St. Patrick. That makes it 11 consecutive games in which Krass has scored at least a third of St. Patrick's points. Another player making a difference was Alex Triplett, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 14 rebounds.
St. Stanislaus has been struggling recently, as they've lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-9 record this season. As for St. Patrick, they pushed their record up to 14-7 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. St. Stanislaus will square off against Tylertown at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tylertown has three straight wins, St. Stanislaus has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field. As for St. Patrick, they will head out on the road to square off against West Marion at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. West Marion will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Mississippi Rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while St. Patrick is ranked 97th).
