Coral Springs and St. Thomas Aquinas squared off in some playoff action on Saturday, but Coral Springs had to settle for second. They had to suffer through a 77-34 loss at the hands of the St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Raiders this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 63-41 back in January.
Coral Springs lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Trinety Dajuste, who posted 11 points. Another player making a difference was Janelle Swaby, who had four points and five boards.
St. Thomas Aquinas got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was London Thomas out in front who almost dropped a double-double with 19 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Ronneisha Thomas, who dropped a double-double with 12 points and 12 boards.
Coral Springs' loss dropped their record down to 15-9. As for St. Thomas Aquinas, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Coral Springs will take on Nova at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Nova is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.2 points per game this season. As for St. Thomas Aquinas, they will challenge Olympic Heights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Thomas Aquinas also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 56.3 points per game.
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