St. Monica is 0-4 against St. Bernard since December of 2014 but things could change on Wednesday. The St. Monica Mariners will welcome the St. Bernard Vikings at 6:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Monica is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest victory since January 24th on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Legacy Christian Academy out 49-46. The 49-point effort marked the Mariners' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, St. Bernard beat Rolling Hills Prep 56-48 on Friday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Vikings' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Huskies are ranked seventh).
St. Monica's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for St. Bernard, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
St. Monica took a serious blow against St. Bernard when the teams last played back in January of 2016, falling 70-41. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. Monica was down 35-11.
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