Palm Beach Gardens and Leonard are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2017, but not for long. The Palm Beach Gardens Gators will face off against the Leonard Lancers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Palm Beach Gardens will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Palm Beach Central, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Palm Beach Gardens pulled ahead with a 60-59 photo finish over Palm Beach Central on Tuesday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Gators' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 201st, while the Broncos are ranked 62nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Leonard). They claimed a resounding 70-38 victory over Dreyfoos School of the Arts. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 43-21.
Palm Beach Gardens' win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-4. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.8 points per game. As for Leonard, they moved to 3-9 with that victory, which also ended their four-game losing streak.
Palm Beach Gardens beat Leonard 57-48 when the teams last played back in January of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Palm Beach Gardens since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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