The Winter Haven Blue Devils will challenge the Santa Fe Catholic Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Winter Haven has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 21.
Winter Haven came up into this matchup off a tough 30-point loss on Thursday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Unicoi County by a score of 59-57 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Winter Haven can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 472nd in Florida, while Unicoi County is ranked 127th in Tennessee).
Meanwhile, Santa Fe Catholic strolled past Bishop Verot with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 65-50.
Santa Fe Catholic is also on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.2 points per game. As for Winter Haven, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15.
Winter Haven came out on top in a nail-biter against Santa Fe Catholic in their previous matchup back in January of 2020, sneaking past 59-57. Does Winter Haven have another victory up their sleeve, or will Santa Fe Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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