Venice's tournament run continued when they took on Leuzinger on Saturday. The Venice Gondoliers opened the new year with a less-than-successful 59-46 loss to the Leuzinger Olympians. While losing is never fun, the Gondoliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 522nd, while the Olympians are ranked 77th).
It was another big night for Joshua Garland, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 17 boards for Leuzinger. Those 17 rebounds gave Garland a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Malachi Knight, who posted 17 points in addition to seven rebounds and five assists.
Venice has traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last ten contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-10 record this season. As for Leuzinger, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 15-5.
Venice will take on Palisades at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Leuzinger, they will challenge Centennial at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Leuzinger is facing Centennial at the right time seeing as Centennial is stuck on a 13-game losing streak.
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