The Leigh Longhorns will venture away from home to face off against the Prospect Panthers at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Leigh will be strutting in after a win while Prospect will be coming in after a defeat.
Prospect is hoping to do what Del Mar couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Leigh's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Leigh took down Del Mar 52-35. The Longhorns pushed the score to 47-19 by the end of the third, a deficit the Dons cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Prospect fought the good fight in their overtime game against Westmont on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 47-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Panthers came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 184th, while the Warriors are ranked 463rd).
Leigh's victory bumped their record up to 5-7. As for Prospect, they moved to 8-3 with that loss, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
Leigh came up short against Prospect when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 40-27. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Prospect's Sadie Slaughter, who went 7 of 12 en route to 18 points along with eight boards and four blocks. Now that Leigh knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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