The East River Falcons and the Suncoast Chargers will round out the year against one another at at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with East River sitting on four straight victories and Suncoast on three.
If Suncoast heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when East River took over last week. In a tight contest that could have gone either way, East River made off with a 45-44 win over Cypress Creek. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Bears are ranked 362nd), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Suncoast earned a 63-52 victory over Palm Beach Lakes on Friday.
Suncoast pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.4 points per game. As for East River, their victory bumped their record up to 10-1.
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