Basketball Preview: Land O' Lakes Gators vs. Wesley Chapel Wildcats
The Land O' Lakes Gators will head out on the road to face off against the Wesley Chapel Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Land O' Lakes focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 16 last Thursday.
Land O' Lakes is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Patel: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Land O' Lakes blew Patel out of the water with a 57-27 final score. The Gators pushed the score to 45-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Trailblazers had little chance of recovering from.
Land O' Lakes' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jessi Saffold, who dropped a triple-double on 20 points, 13 rebounds, and 11 steals, and Jaylin Neder, who went 10 for 24 en route to 22 points plus seven steals and six rebounds. The matchup was Neder's ninth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Foster, who posted six points in addition to eight rebounds and two steals.
Land O' Lakes smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 30 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Patel only pulled down two.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wesley Chapel). They enjoyed a cozy 67-51 victory over Forest on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Wesley Chapel.
The win got Land O' Lakes back to even at 1-1. As for Wesley Chapel, their record is now 3-1.
Land O' Lakes ended up a good deal behind Wesley Chapel in their previous meeting back in January, losing 60-44. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wesley Chapel's Dayla Christopher, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 15 rebounds. Now that Land O' Lakes knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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