Basketball Preview: Lake Howell Silverhawks vs. Lake Minneola Hawks
The Lake Howell Silverhawks will square off against the Lake Minneola Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Lake Howell saw some tournament action on Saturday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 49-48 to Apopka. The loss was the Silverhawks' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Lake Minneola was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Monday as they fell 66-62 to South Sumter. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (55), the Hawks still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Lake Minneola got top-tier performance from Brandon Colbert, who went 10 for 16 en route to 22 points plus four steals. With that strong performance, Colbert is now averaging an impressive 2.2 steals per game. Another player making a difference was Ethan Isom, who went 5 for 11 en route to 12 points plus five steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Lake Minneola and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Lake Howell, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Lake Howell came up short against Lake Minneola when the teams last played back in January, falling 66-62. Can Lake Howell avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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