Preview: David Posnack Jewish Day Rams vs. Pine Crest Panthers
David Posnack Jewish Day has been on the road for two straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Pine Crest Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. David Posnack Jewish Day will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 354th, while Pine Crest is ranked 153rd).
After soaring to a 48-point victory in their last game, David Posnack Jewish Day came back down to earth on Monday. They fell just short of Marathon by a score of 40-37. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat David Posnack Jewish Day has suffered yet this season.
Despite the defeat, David Posnack Jewish Day had strong showings from Sophia Klein, who scored 19 points along with two steals, and Lila Greenberg, who scored four points along with five rebounds and four steals. Klein hasn't dropped below 15points for three straight games.
Meanwhile, Pine Crest had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 43-30 victory over Gulliver Prep.
David Posnack Jewish Day's defeat dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Pine Crest, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
David Posnack Jewish Day was able to grind out a solid win over Pine Crest in their previous meeting back in January of 2020, winning 36-23. Does David Posnack Jewish Day have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pine Crest turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
