The Pine Crest Panthers will face off against the North Miami Beach Chargers on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
North Miami Beach will be up against a hot Pine Crest squad: the team just extended their winning streak to five. Pine Crest blew past Archbishop McCarthy, posting a 66-35 victory. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 79th, while the Mavericks are ranked 278th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pine Crest can attribute much of their success to Isabella Sangha, who went 10 for 23 en route to 32 points along with six assists and six boards, and Franky Garfi, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 13 rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Sangha has scored at least a third of Pine Crest's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Hailey Holland, who posted five points in addition to eight assists and six boards.
Pine Crest smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, North Miami Beach rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 50-16 win over the Chargers. Winning may never get old, but North Miami Beach sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
North Miami Beach has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 22.9 points per game. As for Pine Crest, they pushed their record up to 17-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
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