Preview: Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers vs. Pineapple Cove Classical Academy Patriots
The Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers will be playing at home against the Pineapple Cove Classical Academy Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Melbourne Central Catholic focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Friday.
Winning is just a little bit easier when you work as a team to rack up 16 more assists than your opponent, a fact Melbourne Central Catholic proved. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 61-27 victory over Calvary Chapel Academy. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-11.
Melbourne Central Catholic can attribute much of their success to Henry Lane, who scored 15 points along with 8 rebounds and 3 steals, and Hayden Deane, who scored 18 points along with 6 assists and 6 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Tristan Hamilton, who scored 7 points along with 3 steals.
Meanwhile, Pineapple Cove Classical Academy lost to Brevard Christian on the road by a decisive 61-45 margin on Friday. Pineapple Cove Classical Academy has struggled against Brevard Christian recently, as their matchup on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the most dominant came from Matthew Barna, who scored 10 points along with 6 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Michael Barna, who scored 13 points along with 8 rebounds.
The win makes it two in a row for Melbourne Central Catholic and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Pineapple Cove Classical Academy, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Everything went Melbourne Central Catholic's way against Pineapple Cove Classical Academy when the teams last played back in February as Melbourne Central Catholic made off with a 62-42 win. Will Melbourne Central Catholic repeat their success, or does Pineapple Cove Classical Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
