After flying high against Lake Buena Vista last Tuesday, Davenport came back down to earth. The Davenport Broncos took a 77-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tampa Catholic Crusaders on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while the Crusaders are ranked 55th).
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tampa Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Willie Piggott, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 14 rebounds. Piggott has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was K.J. Morgan, who went 9 for 14 en route to 20 points and seven boards.
Davenport now has a losing record at 12-13. As for Tampa Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season.
Davenport will take on Celebration at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Davenport knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five contests -- so hopefully Celebration likes a good challenge. Tampa Catholic has already played their next matchup (against Tarpon Springs), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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