Basketball Game Preview: Englewood Rams vs. St. Augustine Yellow Jackets

Englewood and St. Augustine are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2016, but not for long. The Englewood Rams will face off against the St. Augustine Yellow Jackets on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Englewood is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They had just enough and edged Beachside out 55-53. The win was all the more spectacular given the Rams' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 626th, while the Barracudas are ranked 272nd).

Antonio Riddle and Nathaniel Moore were among the main playmakers for Englewood as the former went 7 for 12 en route to 18 points and three steals and the latter dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds. Those 16 points gave Moore a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Thomas Mitchell, who posted a point in addition to eight assists, six boards, and six steals.

Englewood was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in four consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, St. Augustine strolled past Palatka with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 66-47. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Yellow Jackets.

St. Augustine has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Englewood, with the victory, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 7-12.

Englewood suffered a grim 68-46 defeat to St. Augustine in their previous matchup back in November of 2019. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Englewood was down 44-19.