The Martin County Tigers will face off against the American Heritage Stallions at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Martin County is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Martin County saw some tournament action on Saturday. They enjoyed a cozy 51-37 win over Palmer Trinity. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Falcons are ranked 96th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Martin County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Katelyn Pire, who posted 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brianna Valenza, who earned 11 points.
Meanwhile, American Heritage came into Wednesday's game having lost six straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They claimed a resounding 51-22 victory over Dreyfoos School of the Arts. The Stallions pushed the score to 39-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Jaguars had little chance of recovering from.
Martin County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.2 points per game. As for American Heritage, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-9.
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