The Little River Academy Bumblebees will head out to take on the Italy Gladiators at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Little River Academy sitting on three straight wins and Italy on four.
Last Friday, Little River Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over Rockdale, taking the game 47-40. That's two games straight that the Bumblebees have won by exactly seven points.
Meanwhile, Italy won against Wortham on Tuesday with 76 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Italy blew past Hubbard 76-29. The Gladiators have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 matchups by 22 points or more this season.
Little River Academy is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-16 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.2 points per game. As for Italy, their win bumped their record up to 18-9.
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