The Fort Myers Green Wave will head out on the road to square off against the Cape Coral Seahawks at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Fort Myers lost to Lehigh on the road by a 72-58 margin. 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 404th, while the Lightning are ranked 108th).
Meanwhile, Cape Coral entered their tilt with Riverdale on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Everything went their way against the Raiders as they made off with a 68-47 victory. The Seahawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Cape Coral has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.0 points per game. As for Fort Myers, they dropped their record down to 12-12 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Fort Myers came up short against Cape Coral in their previous matchup last Friday, falling 55-47. Can Fort Myers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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