Holy Cross is 1-9 against St. Augustine since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Holy Cross Tigers will host the St. Augustine Purple Knights at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Holy Cross comes in on four and St. Augustine on three.
Holy Cross is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Jesuit, who was ranked sixth at the time (Holy Cross was ranked 25th). Holy Cross took down Jesuit 59-43 on Tuesday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their 30-point performance the matchup before.
Meanwhile, St. Augustine had just enough and edged John Curtis Christian out 47-44 on Tuesday.
St. Augustine has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season. As for Holy Cross, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-3.
Holy Cross suffered a grim 56-34 defeat to St. Augustine in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can Holy Cross avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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