The St. Rose Purple Roses will square off against the Rutgers Prep Argonauts on Monday. St. Rose will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
St. Rose is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They took their matchup with ease, bagging an 80-39 win over St. Joseph. The Purple Roses have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 contests by 22 points or more this season.
Holy Cross typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Rutgers Prep proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 47-37 victory over the Lancers. Given the Argonauts' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Lancers are ranked 63rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rutgers Prep's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-8. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.3 points over those games. As for St. Rose, their record now sits at 22-7.
St. Rose strolled past Rutgers Prep in their previous matchup back in December of 2024 by a score of 80-63. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Rose since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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