The Columbia Tigers will face off against The Villages Charter Buffalo at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
On Thursday, Columbia was beaten by Rickards 55-27. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while the Raiders are ranked 19th).
Meanwhile, The Villages Charter came tearing into Thursday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 53-41 victory over the Bobcats. 53 seems to be a good number for the Buffalo as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Columbia's defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for The Villages Charter, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season.
Columbia came up short against The Villages Charter in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, falling 49-37. Can Columbia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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