The Satellite Scorpions will take on the Heritage Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Satellite will be strutting in after a victory while Heritage will be coming in after a defeat.
Satellite is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Brevard Christian 90-64 on Monday. The score was close at the half, but the Scorpions pulled away in the second half with 49 points.
K'Dnce Cataldo and Jack Knight were among the main playmakers for Satellite as the former went 10 of 18 en route to 32 points and four steals and the latter dropped a double-double on 20 points and 15 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Cataldo has scored at least a third of Satellite's points. Another player making a difference was Christian Mcphilamy, who went 8 of 12 on his way to 19 points.
Satellite was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February of 2024.
Meanwhile, Heritage was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were beaten by East River 80-47. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 618th, while the Falcons are ranked 88th).
Heritage's defeat dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Satellite, with the win, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 6-8.
Things could have been worse for Satellite, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 70-52 loss to Heritage in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Satellite avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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