After both having extra time off, the Pine Knights and the South Fork Bulldogs will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pine is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Boca Raton Christian: they outscored them in every quarter. The stars were shining brightly for Pine in a 68-54 win over Boca Raton Christian last Saturday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 246th, while the Blazers are ranked 552nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, South Fork entered their tilt with Okeechobee last Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They managed a 41-36 victory over the Brahmans. The 41-point effort marked the Bulldogs' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The win made it two in a row for Pine and bumps their season record up to 9-3. As for South Fork, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Pine came up short against South Fork when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 51-42. Can Pine avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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