Having just played yesterday, the Fort Myers Green Wave will head out on the road to face off against the Palmetto Ridge Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Fort Myers will head out to face Palmetto Ridge after giving up their first home loss of the season on Wednesday. Fort Myers fell 58-45 to Port Charlotte. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 420th, while the Pirates are ranked 100th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palmetto Ridge). They took their contest on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 96-59 win over East Lee County. The victory was familiar territory for the Bears who have now won three matches in a row.
Fort Myers better keep an eye on Judah Lopez. He was instrumental in Palmetto Ridge's win, dropping a double-double on 40 points and 12 boards. The dominant performance gave Lopez a new career-high in points. Juju Castillo was another key player, dropping a triple-double on 14 points, ten rebounds, and ten assists.
Palmetto Ridge was working as a unit and finished the game with 28 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Palmetto Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points per game. As for Fort Myers, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 10-8.
Everything went Fort Myers' way against Palmetto Ridge in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, as Fort Myers made off with a 70-49 win. Will Fort Myers repeat their success, or does Palmetto Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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