The Palm Beach Central Broncos will be playing in front of their home fans against the Santaluces Chiefs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Palm Beach Central's favor as the squad sits on 13 straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while the Chiefs have been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Even though Palm Beach Gardens scored an imposing 57 points on Friday, Palm Beach Central still came out on top. Palm Beach Central walked away with a 69-57 win over the Gators. 69 seems to be a good number for Palm Beach Central as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Santaluces had to settle for a 45-43 defeat against the Lancers on Friday. Santaluces has not had much luck with the Lancers recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Despite the defeat, Santaluces had strong showings from Trent Nixon, who scored seven points, and Brad Watkins, who scored 11 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Watkins has scored all season.
Palm Beach Central's victory bumped their record up to 19-6. As for Santaluces, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-14.
Palm Beach Central beat the Chiefs 71-59 when the teams last played back in January. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Santaluces' Decarious Jenkins, who scored 35 points along with eight rebounds. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Palm Beach Central still be able to contain Jenkins? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
