The St. Charles Fighting Saints will face off against the Rushford-Peterson Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Charles has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since November 26.
Last Tuesday, St. Charles had to suffer through a 89-27 loss at the hands of Caledonia. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 357th, while the Warriors are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, Rushford-Peterson hadn't done well against Plainview-Elgin-Millville recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Rushford-Peterson walked away with a 68-56 win over Plainview-Elgin-Millville. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
Rushford-Peterson is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.3 points per game. As for St. Charles, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
St. Charles took a serious blow against Rushford-Peterson when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 62-25. Can St. Charles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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