Crestview has gone 7-2 against St. John recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Crestview Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. John's Bluejays at 12:00 p.m. Crestview is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50 points per game this season.
Crestview is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Lima Central Catholic: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Crestview blew Lima Central Catholic out of the water with a 66-3 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-0.
Crestview found their leader in sophomore Kaci Gregory, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine steals. With that strong performance, Gregory is now averaging an impressive 15.5 points per game. Another player making a difference was Haley McCoy, who scored six points in addition to ten rebounds and four steals.
Crestview was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, St. John's was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They received a blow as they fell 45-30 to Parkway. The Bluejays were down 43-22 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Crestview's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 19.9 points per game. As for St. John's, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Everything came up roses for Crestview against St. John's in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, as the team secured a 71-30 win. In that match, Crestview amassed a halftime lead of 42-17, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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