Sacred Heart Prep is on a three-game streak of home wins, while King's Academy is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Sacred Heart Prep Gators will take on the King's Academy Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Sacred Heart Prep stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Menlo School 63-42. Given Sacred Heart Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 71st, while Menlo School is ranked 260th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
TJ O'Brien continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Straser, who scored seven points.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, King's Academy beat Priory 59-55 on Tuesday.
Sacred Heart Prep is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for King's Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 16-5.
Sacred Heart Prep was able to grind out a solid win over King's Academy in their previous meeting back in January, winning 60-52. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was King's Academy's Xavier Barnett, who scored 23 points along with two steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Sacred Heart Prep still be able to contain Barnett? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
