The Leesburg Yellow Jackets will challenge the Tampa Catholic Crusaders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Leesburg will head into Tuesday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 22) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Central Florida Christian Academy 67-65.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tampa Catholic). They really took it to George Jenkins for the full four quarters, racking up a 100-40 win. The victory was familiar territory for the Crusaders who have now won four matches in a row.
Leesburg better keep an eye on Willie Piggott. He was instrumental in Tampa Catholic's win, going 13 of 16 en route to 29 points. Colby Cannizzaro was another key player, putting up 13 points and three steals.
Tampa Catholic was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Tampa Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 75.0 points per game. As for Leesburg, their win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 8-6.
Leesburg came up short against Tampa Catholic in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 63-59. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cannizzaro, who went 12 for 21 on his way to 30 points and five assists. Now that Leesburg knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
