Basketball Preview: Downtown Doral Dolphins vs. Pinecrest Prep Crocs'
The Downtown Doral Dolphins will venture away from home to face off against the Pinecrest Prep Crocs at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Downtown Doral focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up eight on Friday.
Downtown Doral is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing JC Bermudez Doral: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Downtown Doral blew JC Bermudez Doral out of the water with a 74-34 final score. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Dolphins have posted since January 22nd.
Downtown Doral relied on the efforts of Juan Castro, who went 9 for 16 en route to 25 points plus five assists and three steals, and Giancarlo Romero, who almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Romero a new career-high in field goal percentage (75%). Another player making a difference was Mateo Davila, who went 5 for 7 en route to 12 points plus two steals.
Meanwhile, a win for Pinecrest Prep just wasn't in the cards last Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They lost 66-41 to Archbishop Carroll. The Crocs' were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 39-16.
Downtown Doral's victory ended a nine-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-2. As for Pinecrest Prep, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
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