Basketball Game Preview: Winter Haven Blue Devils vs. Bluefield Beavers

The Winter Haven Blue Devils and the Bluefield Beavers will face off at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses for Winter Haven and four for Bluefield dating back to last season.

Winter Haven's tournament run continued when they took on Gate City on Friday. Winter Haven was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 68-67 to Gate City. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (59), Winter Haven still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Bluefield came up short against St. James on Friday and fell 64-52.

Bluefield's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Winter Haven, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.