Basketball Preview: Salpointe Catholic Lancers vs. Paradise Honors Panthers
Salpointe Catholic is on a five-game streak of home wins, while the Panthers are on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Salpointe Catholic Lancers will take on the Paradise Honors Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up ten more assists than your opponent, a fact Salpointe Catholic proved on Thursday. They breezed by Mica Mountain at home to the tune of 60-25. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 41-9.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Taliyah Henderson and Isabella Webb. Henderson had a great game and almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine rebounds. Meanwhile, Webb did her best for the losing side, scoring 14 points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Paradise Honors on the road against the Rockets on Wednesday as the team secured a 59-19 win. Given Paradise Honors' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona basketball rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Rockets are ranked 249th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Salpointe Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season. As for Paradise Honors, their victory bumped their record up to 19-4.
Salpointe Catholic took their win against the Panthers in their previous meeting back in January of 2023 by a conclusive 48-22. With Salpointe Catholic ahead 34-13 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
