The Kirkwood Pioneers will head out to take on the St. Dominic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Kirkwood has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with seven straight losses, while St. Dominic will come in with four straight victories.
Last Friday, Kirkwood was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 58-57 to Marquette. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 268th, while the Mustangs are ranked 62nd).
Meanwhile, everything went St. Dominic's way against St. Francis Borgia on Friday as St. Dominic made off with a 60-37 win. The Crusaders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matches by 23 points or more this season.
St. Dominic now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Kirkwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Kirkwood came up short against St. Dominic in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 60-48. Can Kirkwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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