Basketball Preview: Seminole Ridge Hawks vs. Palm Beach Gardens Gators
Seminole Ridge is 0-10 against Palm Beach Gardens since January of 2016 but things could change on Monday. The Seminole Ridge Hawks will host the Palm Beach Gardens Gators at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Seminole Ridge focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 27 on Thursday.
Last Thursday, Seminole Ridge lost to Dr. Joaquin Garcia at home by a 59-45 margin. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 262nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 70th).
Seminole Ridge's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Benjamin Ogle, who posted 12 points plus two steals, and Alejandro Alava, who posted ten points.
Even though they lost, Seminole Ridge was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Palm Beach Gardens unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They came up short against Jupiter, falling 51-31. The contest marked the Gators' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Palm Beach Gardens' loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-2. As for Seminole Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Seminole Ridge suffered a grim 69-43 defeat to Palm Beach Gardens in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Seminole Ridge was down 40-20.
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