The St. Mary's Pirates will head out to challenge the Colorado Springs Christian Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Mary's is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing James Irwin: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that St. Mary's blew James Irwin out of the water with a 63-26 final score. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado basketball rankings (they are ranked 100th in Colorado, while the Jaguars are ranked 281st in Colorado), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Colorado Springs Christian had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 44.8 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. They blew past the Thunder 43-21. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Lions just coasted through the last quarter.
Colorado Springs Christian's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-3. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 21.0 points over those games. As for St. Mary's, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-6.
St. Mary's might still be hurting after the 44-23 defeat they got from Colorado Springs Christian in their previous matchup on February 1st. Can St. Mary's avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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