YTD Picks Record: 20-4 (.833)First place will be on the line in about an hour's time at Resurrection as the Phoenix (9-1) host the St. Benedict Saints (9-1) in D8 Senior Girls' basketball play.
Both teams have split their games to this point, and have one game remaining. Even if today's victor was to lose their finale, they would still have the "head to head tiebreak" advantage and would thus be awarded first place.
With a relatively quick turnaround since their last league game (one week ago), it will be interesting to see which adjustments are made. In that particular contest, a 48-45 Rez win, both CC McGlynn (22 points) of the Phoenix and Afifa Salaad (18 points) from SBCSS had tremendous individual efforts. Will that trend continue today, or will defenses aim to slow down the top two scorers in the D8 league?
Regardless, it looks like a coin flip type of game. I'll go with the Saints by 3.
Today's other game is a B Division showdown at St. Mary's between the Eagles (3-5) and the Mustangs (4-5). The winner of today's game will most likely assume the #5 seed in the D8 playoffs --- exception being if St. Mary's were to be upset by winless Rockway in their finale.
