The Melbourne Bulldogs will take on the Master's Academy Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
On Saturday, Melbourne was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 53-52 to Providence School.
Meanwhile, Master's Academy had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.4 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Saturday. They slipped by the Panthers 71-70. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Panthers are ranked 244th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Master's Academy has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.4 points per game. As for Melbourne, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-6.
Everything went Melbourne's way against Master's Academy in their previous meeting back in January of 2019, as Melbourne made off with a 68-46 victory. Will Melbourne repeat their success, or does Master's Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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