The St. Francis Fighting Saints will head out on the road to face off against the Spectrum Sting at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Francis has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight defeats, while Spectrum will come in with three straight wins.
Last Tuesday, St. Francis lost to Big Lake on the road by a 82-68 margin. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (63), the Fighting Saints still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Spectrum). They blew past PACT Charter 88-68 on Tuesday. The Sting have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three contests by 20 points or more this season.
Spectrum has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.2 points per game. As for St. Francis, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
St. Francis came up short against Spectrum when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 60-48. Can St. Francis avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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