The Port St. Lucie Jaguars and the Olympic Heights Lions will face off at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Port St. Lucie is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Lake Mary by a score of 67-60 on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Jaguars' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 492nd, while the Rams are ranked 230th).
Meanwhile, couldn't have asked for a better way to wrap up 2024 than the 85-40 stomp they got against St. Joseph Academy. That 45 point margin sets a new team best for the Lions this season.
Olympic Heights had a senior duo take command as Sebastian Kamalzadeh went 9 of 14 from beyond the arc on his way to 32 points and Jake Harbatkin went 10 for 12 en route to 23 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. The match was Harbatkin's eighth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Wigodner, who posted seven points.
Olympic Heights was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Olympic Heights has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Port St. Lucie, their win bumped their record up to 4-8.
Port St. Lucie lost to Olympic Heights on the road by a decisive 58-43 margin in their previous matchup back in January of 2020. Can Port St. Lucie avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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