The St. Mary's Academy Blues will head out to square off against the Barlow Bruins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Mary's Academy is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-21, which was the final score in St. Mary's Academy's tilt against Sheldon on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Blues can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Irish are ranked 84th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Barlow). They walked away with a 62-51 victory over Glencoe on Tuesday. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Bruins as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Barlow's victory bumped their record up to 2-6. As for St. Mary's Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
St. Mary's Academy beat Barlow 61-52 in their previous meeting back in December of 2016. Will St. Mary's Academy repeat their success, or does Barlow have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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