The Lecanto Panthers will square off against the Weeki Wachee Hornets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Lecanto is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Crystal River to the tune of 74-41 on Thursday.
Bryleigh Florio was her usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double on 23 points and nine assists. Those nine assists gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Sophie Barbieri, who went 6 of 8 on her way to 15 points and seven rebounds.
They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Lecanto was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Weeki Wachee didn't have too much trouble with Citrus on Friday as they won 50-36. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while the Hurricanes are ranked 504th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Weeki Wachee has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.1 points per game. As for Lecanto, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-9.
Lecanto came up short against Weeki Wachee in their previous meeting on January 7th, falling 52-46. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Weeki Wachee's Joelys Rodriquez, who posted 16 points and eight steals. Now that Lecanto knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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