South Dade is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Ponte Vedra is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The South Dade Buccaneers will be taking part in a tournament against the Ponte Vedra Sharks at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
South Dade will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Westwood Christian, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. South Dade came out on top in a nail-biter against Westwood Christian on Tuesday, sneaking past 62-60. While the Buccaneers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 2-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Ponte Vedra's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Impact Christian Academy by a score of 64-61. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (56), the Sharks still had to take the loss.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in David Sanchez Barrera and Ronald Clark. Clark had a solid game and posted ten points. Meanwhile, Sanchez Barrera was balling out in the loss, going 6 of 12 on his way to 19 points.
Ponte Vedra's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-2. As for South Dade, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
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