Basketball Preview: Dunnellon Tigers vs. Lake Weir Hurricanes
Dunnellon has gone 8-2 against Lake Weir recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Dunnellon Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lake Weir Hurricanes at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Dunnellon focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 22 on Thursday.
Last Thursday, Dunnellon was able to grind out a solid victory over Nature Coast Tech, taking the game 57-47. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Eli Nelson had a dynamite game for Dunnellon, going 9 for 16 en route to 22 points plus seven rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Randy Jackson Jr, who earned 13 points.
Meanwhile, Lake Weir entered their matchup against Vanguard on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Lake Weir fell 56-48 to Vanguard. The Hurricanes haven't had much luck with the Knights recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Dunnellon's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Lake Weir, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Dunnellon strolled past Lake Weir in their previous matchup back in January by a score of 84-65. Does Dunnellon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lake Weir turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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