Basketball Game Preview: Avon Park Red Devils vs. North Port Bobcats

The Avon Park Red Devils will take on the North Port Bobcats in a tournament on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Avon Park has 13 straight wins, North Port has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Avon Park saw some tournament action on Saturday. They snuck past Venice with a 58-53 victory.

Avon Park can attribute much of their success to Tayvion Jones, who posted 16 points along with six rebounds and six steals, and Damari Cohen, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten boards. Cohen is on a roll when it comes to boards, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last five games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jatavis Fuse, who earned ten points and five rebounds.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when North Port duked it out withFirst Baptist Academy on Saturday. North Port fell 55-43 to First Baptist Academy. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 551st, while the Lions are ranked 96th).

North Port's loss dropped their record down to 3-13. As for Avon Park, their win bumped their record up to 15-1.