Basketball Game Preview: Green Level Gators vs. Panther Creek Catamounts

The Green Level Gators will head out to challenge the Panther Creek Catamounts at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Green Level sitting on seven straight victories and Panther Creek on three.

If Green Level beats Panther Creek with 68 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Green Level walked away with a 68-55 win over Apex on Tuesday. The score was all tied up 28-28 at the break, but the Gators were the better team in the second half.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Green Level to victory, but perhaps none more so than Isaac Ericksen, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 boards. Ericksen has been hot, having posted nine or more boards the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Israel Eatman, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 13 points and six rebounds.

Meanwhile, Panther Creek earned a 68-59 victory over Cary on Tuesday. The game marked the Catamounts' most dominant win of the season so far.

Panther Creek's win came from a few key players Green Level will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Andre Richardson, who went 5 of 11 on his way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Savion Mitchell, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 14 boards.

Green Level pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.6 points per game. As for Panther Creek, the win got them back to even at 4-4.

Green Level and Panther Creek were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in February, but Green Level came up empty-handed after a 65-64 loss. Thankfully for Green Level, Chris Uwayo (who went 7 of 13from beyond the arc on his way to 37 points in addition to seven steals and five assists) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.