The St. Thomas Episcopal Saints will take on the Northland Christian Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
St. Thomas Episcopal lost 66-41 to St. Francis Episcopal on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 615th, while the Wolves are ranked 42nd).
Meanwhile, Northland Christian unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 78-60 bruising from St. Francis Episcopal. The Cougars were down 65-40 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
St. Thomas Episcopal will need focus on slowing down Andon Newton, one of several Northland Christian players who made an impact when they last played. He went 8 of 13 on his way to 20 points and three steals. That's the most points Newton has posted since back in January of 2024. Another player making a difference was Kameron McKnight, who posted 20 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.
Northland Christian's defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 21-4. As for St. Thomas Episcopal, their loss dropped their record down to 7-11.
St. Thomas Episcopal ended up a good deal behind Northland Christian when the teams last played on January 10th, losing 82-65. Will St. Thomas Episcopal have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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