Basketball Game Preview: Atlantic Christian Sharks vs. Palm Beach Central Broncos

By Team Reports Jan 9, 2025, 7:52am

Basketball Preview: Atlantic Christian Sharks vs. Palm Beach Central Broncos

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The Atlantic Christian Sharks will be playing in front of their home fans against the Palm Beach Central Broncos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Atlantic Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.8 points per game this season.

Atlantic Christian is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Lake Worth just ended the team's 14-game winning streak on Tuesday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 55-54 to the Trojans. The loss put an end to the Sharks' undefeated start to the season.

Gabriel Poitier

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12/21/24 vs Lake Gibson3
12/20/24 vs Harvest Community2
12/17/24 vs Berean Christian3
12/16/24 @ Somerset Academy - Canyons1

The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Gabriel Poitier, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 boards. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.1 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Javian Cleveland, who posted 16 points.

Meanwhile, Palm Beach Central unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 60-59 to Palm Beach Gardens.

Palm Beach Central's loss dropped their record down to 11-3. As for Atlantic Christian, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 14-1.

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