Basketball Game Preview: Immaculata-La Salle Royal Lions vs. Palmer Trinity Falcons

By Team Reports Jan 15, 2025, 5:02am

Basketball Preview: Immaculata-La Salle Royal Lions vs. Palmer Trinity Falcons

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The Immaculata-La Salle Royal Lions will square off against the Palmer Trinity Falcons at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Immaculata-La Salle is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Mater Brickell Academy by a score of 75-63 on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Royal Lions.

Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Palmer Trinity against Marathon on Monday as the team secured an 84-50 win. The Falcons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 contests by 24 points or more this season.

Palmer Trinity's win came from a few key players Immaculata-La Salle will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Bailey Estep, who went 9 of 12 on his way to 22 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Keller, who went 6 of 9 on his way to 18 points and five rebounds.

Immaculata-La Salle is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.5 points per game. As for Palmer Trinity, their victory bumped their record up to 15-3.

Immaculata-La Salle came up short against Palmer Trinity in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 74-62. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Palmer Trinity's Graham Yanowitch, who went 9 of 18 on his way to 31 points and eight rebounds. Now that Immaculata-La Salle knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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