Basketball Game Preview: Bradenton Christian Panthers vs. Winthrop College Prep Academy Spartans

The Bradenton Christian Panthers and the Winthrop College Prep Academy Spartans will face off at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Bradenton Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Venice by a score of 71-69 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (68), the Panthers still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Winthrop College Prep Academy ended up a good deal behind Cardinal Mooney on Friday and lost 75-58. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 343rd, while the Cougars are ranked 138th).

Winthrop College Prep Academy has traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-8 record this season. As for Bradenton Christian, they moved to 8-5 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.