The Pensacola Catholic Crusaders and the Pace Patriots are set to duel on Monday. Pensacola Catholic knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Pace likes a good challenge.
Pensacola Catholic is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest loss since December 7, 2023 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Booker T. Washington by a score of 71-69. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (57), the Crusaders still had to take the loss.
Pensacola Catholic might have lost, but man, Solomon Sutton was a machine: he almost dropped a double-double on 26 points and nine rebounds. With that strong performance, Sutton is now averaging an impressive 17.2 points per game. Sam Quebedeaux was another key player, going 5 for 11 en route to 16 points.
Meanwhile, Pace was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat dating back to last season. They fell 49-39 to Pine Forest.
Pace's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Pensacola Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Pensacola Catholic came up short against Pace when the teams last played back in January, falling 28-23. Can Pensacola Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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