The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders will look to take advantage of their home court for the first time this season as they take on the Pompano Beach Golden Tornadoes at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Thomas Aquinas has 17 straight victories, Pompano Beach has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
St. Thomas Aquinas is headed into this one coming off a big win against nationally ranked Sagemont Prep (St. Thomas Aquinas was ranked tenth at the time). The Raiders managed a 54-50 win over the Lions on Tuesday.
St. Thomas Aquinas got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Kellson (KJ) Sandi out in front who went 5-for-10 on his way to 19 points. The dominant performance also gave Sandi a new career-high in blocks (two). Another player making a difference was Clarence Westbrook Jr., who posted 11 points and four steals.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 75-34, which was the final score in Pompano Beach's tilt against Coral Springs last Thursday.
Pompano Beach's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for St. Thomas Aquinas, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
St. Thomas Aquinas strolled past Pompano Beach in their previous meeting back in December of 2018 by a score of 72-57. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Golden Tornadoes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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