Basketball Game Preview: Community School of Naples Seahawks vs. Donahue Catholic Shamrocks

The Community School of Naples Seahawks will challenge the Donahue Catholic Shamrocks at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Community School of Naples is looking for their season's first win.

On Tuesday, Community School of Naples had to suffer through a 70-19 loss at the hands of Neumann. While losing is never fun, the Seahawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 529th, while the Celtics are ranked 210th).

Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Donahue Catholic's strategy against Everglades City on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Donahue Catholic blew Everglades City out of the water with a 62-12 final score. The Shamrocks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine games by 24 points or more this season.

Community School of Naples better keep an eye on Veronica Halisky. She was instrumental in Donahue Catholic's win, dropping a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds. Halisky has been hot, having also posted two or more steals the last eight times she's played. Camille Kelly was another key player, going 5 for 7 on her way to 12 points and three steals.

Donahue Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 54.7 points. As for Community School of Naples, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.

Community School of Naples took a serious blow against Donahue Catholic in their previous matchup on Wednesday, falling 67-15. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Halisky, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds. Now that Community School of Naples knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.