The St. Francis Fighting Saints will head out on the road to square off against the Monticello Magic at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
St. Francis is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Hermantown 84-63 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Fighting Saints have posted since January 21st.
Meanwhile, Monticello had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.3 points) and they went ahead and made it 15 on Tuesday. They beat the Hornets by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 96-63. Given the Magic's advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 54th, while the Hornets are ranked 288th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Monticello pushed their record up to 20-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 84.5 points over those games. As for St. Francis, their victory bumped their record up to 6-14.
St. Francis suffered a grim 83-62 defeat to Monticello in their previous meeting back in January. Can St. Francis avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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