The Seminole Warhawks will square off against the Braden River Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Seminole had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They strolled past the Green Devils with points to spare, taking the game 52-36. Given Seminole's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 108th, while St. Petersburg is ranked 221st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Braden River didn't have too much trouble with Port Charlotte on the road on Thursday as they won 68-51.
Dudache Belony and Marcus Schade were among the main playmakers for Braden River as the former scored 15 points along with seven assists and seven rebounds and the latter scored 26 points along with eight rebounds and two blocks. That makes it three consecutive games in which Schade has scored at least a third of Braden River's points. Deven Womack was another key contributor, scoring 12 points.
Seminole has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season. As for Braden River, their win bumped their record up to 19-8.
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