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| 02/09/24 - Away | 25-37 L |
| 02/14/23 - Neutral | 37-46 L |
| 02/01/23 - Neutral | 18-47 L |
| 02/04/22 - Home | 56-40 W |
| 02/11/21 - Neutral | 61-59 W |
| 01/24/18 - Away | 58-36 W |
Lake Wales and Gateway are an even 3-3 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Lake Wales Highlanders will challenge the Gateway Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gateway took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Lake Wales, who comes in off a win.
Lake Wales is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 57-33 margin over Sebring. The Highlanders have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten games by 23 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Gateway came up short against New Smyrna Beach on Saturday and fell 56-48. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Barracudas are ranked 16th).
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Ashlynn Day and Olivia Olson. Olson had a great game and dropped a double-double with 21 points and 12 boards. Meanwhile, Day was balling out in the loss, dropping a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Lake Wales is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.1 points over those games. As for Gateway, their loss dropped their record down to 20-6.
Lake Wales came up short against Gateway when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 37-25. Can Lake Wales avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
