Basketball Game Preview: Inglewood Sentinels vs. Leuzinger Olympians

By Team Reports Jan 21, 2025, 12:24am

Basketball Preview: Inglewood Sentinels vs. Leuzinger Olympians

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Inglewood has won seven straight games at home, while Leuzinger has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The Inglewood Sentinels will welcome the Leuzinger Olympians at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Inglewood's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 24 games.

Inglewood is headed into the match having just posted their closest win since December 3, 2024 on Monday. They had just enough and edged Los Alamitos out 92-90.

Parker Jefferson

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Inglewood's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Parker Jefferson, who dropped a triple-double on 18 points, 12 rebounds, and ten assists. Jefferson's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Jason Crowe Jr, who posted 24 points along with five assists and five boards.

Jefferson wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Inglewood was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, everything went Leuzinger's way against Lawndale on Friday as Leuzinger made off with a 70-50 win. The Olympians have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven contests by 20 points or more this season.

Inglewood better focus on containing Malachi Knight and Aiden Mcintyre as the pair were huge in Leuzinger's win. Knight scored 20 points, while Mcintyre had 18 points. The dominant performance gave Mcintyre a new career-high in points. Joshua Garland was another key player, putting up ten points.

Inglewood is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 86.9 points per game. As for Leuzinger, their victory bumped their record up to 18-5.

Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Inglewood and Leuzinger are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Inglewood hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 86.2 points per game. However, it's not like Leuzinger struggles in that department as they've been averaging 64.1 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.

Inglewood came up short against Leuzinger in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 59-51. Can Inglewood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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