Basketball Preview: Horizon Hawks vs. Lake Highland Prep Highlanders
The Horizon Hawks will challenge the Lake Highland Prep Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Horizon will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Lake Highland Prep is facing Horizon at the wrong time: Horizon suffered their first home loss of the season on Wednesday and they're likely out for redemption. They were beaten by the Bulldogs 71-32. 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 249th, while the Bulldogs are ranked seventh).
Bradley Webb put forth a good effort for the losing side as he went 5 for 7 en route to 10 points. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in field goal percentage (71%).
Meanwhile, Lake Highland Prep was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Saturday as they fell 60-55 to The Rock National. The Highlanders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Horizon's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Lake Highland Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Horizon took a serious blow against Lake Highland Prep when the teams last played back in February of 2022, falling 60-28. Thankfully for Horizon, Brice Sensabaugh (who went 7 for 10 en route to 18 points plus six rebounds and five steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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