Basketball Game Preview: Leesville Road Pride vs. Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders

By Team Reports Feb 17, 2025, 10:48pm

Basketball Preview: Leesville Road Pride vs. Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders

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Leesville Road is 2-8 against Cardinal Gibbons since February of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Leesville Road Pride will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Leesville Road is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Sanderson 77-11 on Friday. The Pride have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matches by 23 points or more this season.

Molly Zuburg

Steals

02/14/25 vs Sanderson7
02/12/25 vs Athens Drive3
02/11/25 @ Enloe5
02/07/25 vs Cardinal Gibbons5
02/04/25 @ Athens Drive2
+ 10 more games

It was another big night for Molly Zuburg, who went 8-for-15 en route to 22 points in addition to eight assists and seven steals. She has been hot for a while, having posted two or more steals the last 15 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Peyton Moye, who went 8-for-12 on her way to 21 points and seven rebounds.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Cardinal Gibbons, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They claimed a resounding 71-38 victory over Sanderson.

Cardinal Gibbons' win came from a few key players Leesville Road will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jaclyn Deis, who posted ten points. Thanks to that strong game, she now owns an excellent 46.3% field goal percentage. Lilly Kenefick was another key player, putting up eight points and nine boards.

Leesville Road is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.4 points over those games. As for Cardinal Gibbons, their win bumped their record up to 9-14.

Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Leesville Road has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 25.1 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Cardinal Gibbons struggles in that department as they've been averaging 25.7 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.

Leesville Road strolled past Cardinal Gibbons in their previous meeting last Friday by a score of 64-45. Will Leesville Road repeat their success, or does Cardinal Gibbons have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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