Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only the Nichols Vikings walked away with it. They breezed by the Red Raiders on the road to the tune of 88-54 on Saturday. Nichols has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 22 points or more this season.
Jakye Rainey continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 36 points along with seven rebounds and five assists. That makes it ten consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Nichols' points. Tre Paulfrey was another key contributor, scoring 15 points along with five assists and five rebounds.
Despite the loss, St. Francis still got an impressive performance from Nolan Edwards, who scored eight points along with five assists and two steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Zielinski, who scored seven points.
Nichols is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-11 record this season. As for St. Francis, their loss dropped their record down to 10-16.
Nichols will face off against Canisius at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Nichols has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 262 points over their last three contests. St. Francis does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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