The Riverview Sharks will venture away from home to square off against the Chamberlain Storm at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.
Riverview will head into Wednesday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Wednesday. They came up short against Plant, falling 61-35. While losing is never fun, the Sharks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 652nd, while the Panthers are ranked 133rd).
Meanwhile, Chamberlain had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Dragons with a sharp 64-43 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Storm have posted against the Dragons since December 10, 2019.
Chamberlain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.5 points per game. As for Riverview, their defeat was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-12.
Riverview might still be hurting after the 68-42 loss they got from Chamberlain in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Can Riverview avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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