The Pinellas Park Patriots and the Dunedin Falcons will compete for holiday cheer at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pinellas Park is looking for their season's first win.
Pinellas Park is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Clearwater on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Pinellas Park had to suffer through a 80-43 loss at the hands of Clearwater. The Patriots were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 46-19.
12/13/24 @ Clearwater | 23 |
12/03/24 vs Largo | 20 |
12/14/23 vs St. Petersburg | 13 |
01/09/24 vs Gibbs | 8 |
12/10/24 vs Countryside | 7 |
Pinellas Park's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Devonte Hunter, who went 8 of 15 on his way to 23 points, and Teaveon Weathers, who went 5 for 9 en route to 11 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance gave Hunter a new career-high in points.
While Dunedin didn't have the best season last year (they finished 0-21), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top against Anclote on Monday by a score of 75-60 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Sharks are ranked 533rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dunedin has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.0 points per game. As for Pinellas Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Pinellas Park skirted past Dunedin 51-48 when the teams last played back in February. Will Pinellas Park repeat their success, or does Dunedin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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