East River hasn't had much luck against Winter Park recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The East River Falcons will face off against the Winter Park Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. East River will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
East River is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Innovation on Tuesday as East River made off with a 79-56 victory. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 148th, while the Bulls are ranked 449th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Winter Park came up short against Edgewater on Friday and fell 46-39.
Despite the defeat, Winter Park saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Elizabeth Riley dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds. Those 15 points gave Riley a new career-high. Auria Mack was another key player, putting up five points.
Even though they lost, Winter Park was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 6.2 assists per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 6.4.
East River has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.2 points per game. As for Winter Park, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 12 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-11 record this season.
East River was able to grind out a solid win over Winter Park when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 36-29. The rematch might be a little tougher for East River since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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