Bishop Fenwick hasn't had much luck against St. Mary recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Bishop Fenwick Crusaders will square off against the St. Mary's Spartans at 6:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Bishop Fenwick is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They snuck past Cardinal Spellman with a 63-57 victory on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Crusaders.
Meanwhile, St. Mary's waltzed into their contest on Sunday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They came out on top against the Crimson Tide by a score of 63-54. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Crimson Tide are ranked 189th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Mary's pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.9 points per game. As for Bishop Fenwick, the victory was their first at home , bumping their record up to 3-5.
Bishop Fenwick came up short against St. Mary's in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 66-62. Can Bishop Fenwick avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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