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

The Donahue Catholic Shamrocks will venture away from home to face off against the Community School of Naples Seahawks at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Donahue Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.9 points per game this season.

Donahue Catholic will head into Tuesday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking three-point loss in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against Everglades City on Tuesday. Donahue Catholic blew past Everglades City 62-12. 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.

Veronica Halisky was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds. She is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last eight games she's played. Camille Kelly was another key player, going 5 for 7 on her way to 12 points and three steals.

Meanwhile, Community School of Naples was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against Neumann, falling 70-19. 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).

Donahue Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 19.5 points per game. As for Community School of Naples, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.

Everything came up roses for Donahue Catholic against Community School of Naples when the teams last played on Wednesday, as the team secured a 67-15 victory. In that contest, Donahue Catholic amassed a halftime lead of 39-12, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.