Basketball Game Preview: St. Thomas More Cavaliers vs. Spearfish Spartans

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Previous Games

01/23/24 - Home	55-52 W
01/24/23 - Away	55-42 W
01/25/22 - Home	61-50 W
01/26/21 - Away	68-41 W
01/28/20 - Home	69-37 W
+ 5 more games

St. Thomas More has gone 9-1 against Spearfish recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The St. Thomas More Cavaliers will head out on the road to face off against the Spearfish Spartans at 7:30 p.m. St. Thomas More is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.

St. Thomas More is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Dakota Valley, who was ranked 13th at the time (St. Thomas More was ranked 19th). St. Thomas More walked away with a 62-54 win over Dakota Valley on Saturday.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Spearfish on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Mahpiya Luta out of the water with a 70-40 final score. The Spartans pushed the score to 57-35 by the end of the third, a deficit the Crusaders had little chance of recovering from.

Spearfish's win came from a few key players St. Thomas More will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Haroon Khan, who posted 11 points. Kade Vavruska was another key player, going 5 for 7 en route to 12 points.

Spearfish was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive contests.

St. Thomas More's record now sits at 10-4. As for Spearfish, their record is now 7-2.

St. Thomas More came out on top in a nail-biter against Spearfish in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, sneaking past 55-52. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Thomas More since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.