Preview: Niceville Eagles vs. Gulf Breeze Dolphins
Niceville is 10-0 against Gulf Breeze since November of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Niceville Eagles will be staying on the road to face off against the Gulf Breeze Dolphins at 7:00 p.m. on February 19th. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Niceville had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They walked away with a 72-64 win over the Wildcats. Given Niceville's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while Forest is ranked 126th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Anna Kimball continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 37 points and 13 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Niceville's points. Another player making a difference was Kiyah Hatcher, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds.
Gulf Breeze has not done well against Pace recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. In a tight match that could have gone either way, Gulf Breeze made off with a 58-57 win over Pace.
Niceville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. As for Gulf Breeze, their win bumped their record up to 19-8.
Niceville was able to grind out a solid win over Gulf Breeze when the teams last played on Friday, winning 50-41. Will Niceville repeat their success, or does Gulf Breeze have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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