Basketball Preview: Fort Walton Beach Vikings vs. Gulf Breeze Dolphins
Fort Walton Beach hasn't had much luck against Gulf Breeze recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Fort Walton Beach Vikings will take on the Gulf Breeze Dolphins at 7:30 p.m. Fort Walton Beach has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Fort Walton Beach is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past West Florida with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 67-48. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, Gulf Breeze made easy work of Destin on Friday and carried off a 73-53 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Dolphins just coasted through the last quarter.
Gulf Breeze got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Hutson Rowe out in front who went 6 for 14 en route to 17 points plus five steals. Rowe has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Parker Boyd, who went 6 for 7 en route to 15 points plus two steals.
Gulf Breeze was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Fort Walton Beach now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Gulf Breeze, their record is now 7-1.
Fort Walton Beach came out on top in a nail-biter against Gulf Breeze when the teams last played back in January, sneaking past 65-63. Does Fort Walton Beach have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gulf Breeze turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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