The Davenport Broncos will head out on the road to take on the Ridge Community Bolts at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Davenport is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Discovery just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 76-64 to the Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Spartans are ranked 103rd).
Meanwhile, Ridge Community suffered their closest loss since January 19, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Kathleen by a score of 70-68. While the Bolts didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Red Devils 23-18 in the first quarter.
Ridge Community's defeat dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Davenport, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.
Davenport came up short against Ridge Community in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, falling 68-63. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ridge Community's Zack White, who went 11 for 21 en route to 23 points and seven boards. Now that Davenport knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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