Largo hasn't had much luck against St. Petersburg recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Largo Packers will look to defend their home court against the St. Petersburg Green Devils at 7:45 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Largo will head into Saturday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 20-point loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Evangelical Christian on Saturday. Largo narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Evangelical Christian 55-53. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Packers have posted since January 17th.
Meanwhile, St. Petersburg blew past Boca Ciega, posting a 70-32 win. The match marked the Green Devils' most dominant victory of the season so far.
St. Petersburg found their leader in freshman Nijaun Harris, who almost dropped a double-double on 28 points and nine rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Harris has scored at least a third of St. Petersburg's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian Macon, who posted eight points plus 14 rebounds.
St. Petersburg smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
St. Petersburg pushed their record up to 5-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 34.7 points. As for Largo, their victory bumped their record up to 2-7.
Largo skirted past St. Petersburg 61-59 in their previous meeting back in January. Does Largo have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Petersburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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