The Altamonte Christian Eagles will take on the Lecanto Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Altamonte Christian sitting on three straight wins and Lecanto on four.
Altamonte Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Holy Cross Lutheran Academy for the full four quarters, racking up a 70-40 victory. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 290th, while the Crusaders are ranked 654th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Antoni Padol was nothing short of spectacular: he posted 20 points. Another player making a difference was Ryan Almeda, who had ten points.
Meanwhile, Lecanto was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Citrus 95-42. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matches by 21 points or more this season.
Lecanto's win was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-1. As for Altamonte Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 5-10.
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