The St. Bernard's Crusaders will stay at home for another game and welcome the Arcata Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on March 6th. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Bernard's had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They walked away with a 49-42 victory over Foothill on Monday.
It was another big night for Laila Florvilus, who scored 19 points. That makes it five consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of St. Bernard's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jocelyn Sundberg, who scored eight points.
Meanwhile, Arcata entered their tilt with Notre Dame with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Arcata put the hurt on Notre Dame with a sharp 47-24 win on Saturday. Given Arcata's advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while Notre Dame is ranked 200th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Bernard's is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 22 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season. As for Arcata, they pushed their record up to 22-8 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
St. Bernard's skirted past Arcata 52-49 in their previous meeting back in February. Will St. Bernard's repeat their success, or does Arcata have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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