After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Bishop Verot, the St. John Paul II Panthers were happy to have found some success on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Naples 57-54.
Mario Forbes continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 24 points and 16 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of St. John Paul II's points. Another player making a difference was Cayden King, who scored 14 points.
The win got St. John Paul II back to even at 5-5. As for Naples, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-6.
St. John Paul II and Golden Gate will face off at 9:00 a.m. on December 29, 2023 without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Golden Gate focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 20 on Thursday. Naples and Lehigh will face off at 10:00 a.m. on December 29, 2023 without much rest after finishing up games yesterday.
