Basketball Game Preview: Plant City Raiders vs. Plant Panthers

The Plant City Raiders will challenge the Plant Panthers at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Plant City knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Plant likes a good challenge.

On Friday, Plant City was able to grind out a solid victory over Alonso, taking the game 64-52. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Ravens are ranked 385th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Plant unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Friday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 44-43 to Wharton.

Plant City has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Plant, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-4.

Plant City strolled past Plant in their previous matchup back in December of 2024 by a score of 54-38. Will Plant City repeat their success, or does Plant have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.