Seacrest Country Day is 1-9 against Neumann since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Seacrest Country Day Stingrays are on the road again and plays the Neumann Celtics at 7:00 p.m. on February 19th. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Seacrest Country Day extended their postseason success on Wednesday against Donahue Catholic. They blew past the Shamrocks 55-23 on the road. Given Seacrest Country Day's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while Donahue Catholic is ranked 320th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Seacrest Country Day got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Madison D'Elia out in front who scored 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dragana ?cepanovic, who scored 11 points.
Meanwhile, Neumann entered their tilt with Canterbury with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Neumann breezed by Canterbury at home to the tune of 67-34 on Wednesday. With Neumann ahead 39-13 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Neumann can attribute much of their success to Sophia McCartney, who scored 18 points along with five steals, and Mylee Van de wouw, who scored 16 points along with eight steals. Van de wouw has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last five times she's played. Sydney Martin was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with four steals.
Seacrest Country Day is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. As for Neumann, they pushed their record up to 23-3 with that victory, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
Monday's matchup is shaping up to be a masterclass in shooting: Seacrest Country Day have been dynamite from deep this season, having made 76.9% of their threes per game. However, it's not like Neumann struggles in that department as they've made 39.8% of their threes this season. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Seacrest Country Day couldn't quite finish off Neumann in their previous meeting on Friday and fell 55-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McCartney, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 30 rebounds. Now that Seacrest Country Day knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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