The Pine Forest Eagles and the Baker Hornets will round out the year against one another at at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pine Forest is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Pine Forest came up short against Booker T. Washington and fell 59-48. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 415th, while the Wildcats are ranked 158th).
Pine Forest might have lost, but man, Micah Franklin was a machine: he went 7 for 14 on his way to 20 points and three steals. Marlin Williams was another key player, putting up eight points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Baker's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Clay-Chalkville by a score of 51-49. The contest marked the Hornets' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Baker's defeat dropped their record down to 13-4. As for Pine Forest, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
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