Tavares is 2-8 against Umatilla since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Tavares Bulldogs will square off against the Umatilla Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Tavares is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were the clear victor by an 81-56 margin over East Ridge on Friday. With that victory, the Bulldogs brought their scoring average up to 51.8 points per game.
Tavares' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but LANDON SAMUEL led the charge by going 8 of 15 on his way to 20 points. The team also got some help courtesy of AMARE WALKER, who went 6 for 12 on his way to 12 points and three steals.
Tavares was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Umatilla suffered their closest defeat since December 12, 2024 on Saturday. They fell just short of Faith Christian by a score of 63-60. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 660th, while the Lions are ranked 236th).
The win got Tavares back to even at 7-7. As for Umatilla, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-10 record this season.
Tavares was taken down by Umatilla 67-27 in their previous meeting back in December of 2022. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Tavares was down 41-15.
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