Carrollwood Day played a tough matchup on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against the St. Petersburg Green Devils, falling 79-59. The Patriots were down 56-35 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Several Patriots players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ayaan Bhadouria, who posted 14 points. Nyjil Lucas was another key player, putting up ten points.
St. Petersburg was led to victory by Nijaun Harris and Emir Gainer. Harris shot 48% from the field to rack up 23 points in addition to eight boards and six assists, while Gainer put up 21 points and seven assists. The game was Harris’ fourth in a row with at least 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryan Hollenberg, who scored eight points.
This is the second loss in a row for Carrollwood Day and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for St. Petersburg, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
Carrollwood Day has already played their next contest, a 66-63 victory against North Tampa Christian Academy on the 28th. As for St. Petersburg, they also didn’t take long to hit the court again: they’ve already played their next matchup, an 83-62 defeat against Mater Lakes Academy on the 28th.
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