The Crescent City Christian Pioneers will square off against the St. Martin's Episcopal Saints at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Crescent City Christian is headed into the match having just suffered their closest defeat since December 29, 2023 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Riverside Academy by a score of 60-58. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Pioneers came into the game with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Rebels are ranked 303rd).
Meanwhile, St. Martin's Episcopal had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 2-0 shutout. The two-point effort marked the Saints' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Crescent City Christian's loss dropped their record down to 11-11. As for St. Martin's Episcopal, their win bumped their record up to 10-6.
Crescent City Christian beat St. Martin's Episcopal 71-59 when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Does Crescent City Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Martin's Episcopal turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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