The Pine Crest Panthers just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Palmetto Ridge Bears at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Pine Crest knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully Palmetto Ridge likes a good challenge.
It was a proper cat-fight when Pine Crest faced off against Barron Collier on Friday. Pine Crest walked away with a 55-42 win over Barron Collier. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Cougars are ranked 226th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palmetto Ridge). They blew past Fort Myers 75-33 on Thursday. The Bears pushed the score to 63-31 by the end of the third, a deficit the Green Wave had no chance of recovering from.
Palmetto Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.8 points per game. As for Pine Crest, their victory bumped their record up to 13-4.
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