Basketball Game Preview: Winter Park Wildcats vs. Windermere Wolverines

The Winter Park Wildcats just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Windermere Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Winter Park easily dispatched University on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Winter Park fell just short of Mount Dora Christian Academy by a score of 38-36 on Tuesday. The Wildcats were up 19-3 in the first quarter but couldn't hold on to the lead.

Meanwhile, Windermere was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They were dealt a 56-28 defeat at the hands of Eustis. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 502nd, while the Panthers are ranked 182nd).

Windermere's loss dropped their record down to 3-13. As for Winter Park, their defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 8-11.

Winter Park strolled past Windermere in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 by a score of 41-22. The rematch might be a little tougher for Winter Park since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.