Lincoln Park Academy was the 46-42 winner over Tradition Prep when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Lincoln Park Academy Greyhounds had to suffer through a 69-31 loss at the hands of the Tradition Prep Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Greyhounds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 696th, while the Pirates are ranked 283rd).
12/19/24 vs Tradition Prep | 9 |
12/13/24 @ St. Edward's | 7 |
12/17/24 vs Sebastian River | 6 |
11/22/24 @ John Carroll Catholic | 5 |
12/12/24 vs Port St. Lucie | 4 |
Several Greyhounds players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Tamario McLeod, who posted nine points along with seven boards and three blocks. Those nine points gave McLeod a new career-high.
Tradition Prep can attribute much of their success to Syncere Cannon, who earned 13 points and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Avery Johnson, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 14 points.
Lincoln Park Academy's defeat was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Tradition Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-4 record this season.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lincoln Park Academy won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Master's Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Tradition Prep, they will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Odyssey Charter School at 4:30 p.m. on January 2, 2025. Tradition Prep is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.1 points per game this season.
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