Basketball Game Preview: DME Academy Gold - vs. New Smyrna Beach Barracudas

The DME Academy Gold - will be taking part in a tournament against the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

DME Academy Gold is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost to Southland Christian at home by a 75-61 margin on Thursday. The - just can't catch a break and have now endured three losses in a row.

Meanwhile, New Smyrna Beach slipped by Pine Ridge 72-71 on Saturday.

New Smyrna Beach's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-6. As for DME Academy Gold, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.

DME Academy Gold came up short against New Smyrna Beach in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 49-42. Thankfully for DME Academy Gold, Lukas Parschauer (who went 9 of 13 en route to 20 points in addition to seven steals and five boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.