Boca Ciega is 1-9 against St. Petersburg since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Boca Ciega Pirates will challenge the St. Petersburg Green Devils at 8:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Boca Ciega and Winthrop College Prep Academy met for a duel on Saturday where Boca Ciega prevailed. Boca Ciega had just enough and edged Winthrop College Prep Academy out 46-43. The 46-point effort marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for St. Petersburg, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They simply couldn't be stopped on Tuesday as they easily beat Countryside 77-44. The Green Devils pushed the score to 57-36 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars had little chance of recovering from.
The victory made it two in a row for Boca Ciega and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for St. Petersburg, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Boca Ciega was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Petersburg when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 73-66. The rematch might be a little tougher for Boca Ciega since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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