Basketball Recap: Lake Wales' Higher State Rank on Full Display on Monday

Lake Wales won the last time they faced McKeel Academy and things went their way on Monday too. The Lake Wales Highlanders strolled past the McKeel Academy Wildcats with points to spare, taking the game 63-44. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Wildcats are ranked 375th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Despite the loss, McKeel Academy still got an impressive performance from Ava Anderson, who went 7 of 16 on her way to 20 points. That was a full 45.5% of McKeel Academy's points, marking the seventh time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Sydney Jackson, who put up eight points.

Lake Wales is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.3 points per game. As for McKeel Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-9.

Lake Wales has already played their next matchup (against Davenport), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. McKeel Academy has already played their next game, a 58-19 win against Bartow on the 21st.