The Aberdeen Christian Knights will square off against the St. Mary Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Aberdeen Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 55-33 margin over Lemmon. The win was familiar territory for the Knights, who have now won three games in a row.
Meanwhile, St. Mary had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.5 points) and they went ahead and made it 12 on Tuesday. They blew past the Coyotes 80-50. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' South Dakota basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Coyotes are ranked 63rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Mary's victory bumped their record up to 22-1. As for Aberdeen Christian, their win bumped their record up to 18-5.
Aberdeen Christian was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Mary when the teams last played back in March of 2021, winning 60-53. Will Aberdeen Christian repeat their success, or does St. Mary have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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