The Suncoast Chargers will take on the St. Brendan Sabres at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Suncoast heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Friday. They took a 67-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of Stranahan. While losing is never fun, the Chargers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Mighty Dragons are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, St. Brendan ended up a good deal behind Northwestern on Friday and lost 89-73. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (61), the Sabres still had to take the loss.
Suncoast will have to contain Jonas Duque as he made an impact in St. Brendan's last game. He went 10 for 21 en route to 30 points in addition to six assists and five rebounds. The dominant performance gave Duque a new career-high in points. Benny Fragela was another key player, putting up 22 points.
St. Brendan's loss dropped their record down to 18-8. As for Suncoast, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-6.
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