Largo managed to slip by St. Petersburg the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Largo Packers were beaten by the St. Petersburg Green Devils 82-46 on Tuesday. The Packers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 46-23.
Largo lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Avery Shaw, who posted 12 points. Another player making a difference was Chase Clark, who put up nine points.
Nijaun Harris was his usual excellent self, going 13 of 22 en route to 36 points along with seven boards and three steals for St. Petersburg. That makes it nine consecutive games in which Harris has scored at least a third of St. Petersburg's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Emir Gainer, who went 6 of 10 on his way to 14 points in addition to eight assists and eight boards.
Largo's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for St. Petersburg, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-4.
Largo wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 63-44 loss against Countryside on the 13th. As for St. Petersburg, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Lakewood at 7:45 p.m. on December 20th. St. Petersburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 73.9 points per game this season.
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