The St. Paul Knights will head out on the road to take on the Algonquin Regional Titans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Paul knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past six matchups -- so hopefully Algonquin Regional likes a good challenge.
St. Paul pushed their score all the way to 57 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 64-57 to Burncoat. While losing is never fun, St. Paul can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts basketball rankings (they are ranked 144th, while Burncoat is ranked 37th).
Meanwhile, Algonquin Regional's recent rough patch got a bit rougher last Friday after their fourth straight loss. They took a 58-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of Shrewsbury. That's two games in a row now that Algonquin Regional has lost by exactly eight points.
St. Paul now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Algonquin Regional, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which bumped their record down to 2-6.
St. Paul suffered a grim 65-45 defeat to Algonquin Regional in their previous meeting back in January of 2023. Can St. Paul avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
