The Florida Prep Falcons and the Heritage Panthers will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Florida Prep easily dispatched Sebastian River on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Falcons fell just short of Central Pointe Christian Academy by a score of 47-44 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the CPCA are ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, Heritage played a tough game on Monday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting DeLand an easy 54-34 win. The matchup marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Despite the defeat, Heritage saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Wensly Guillaume went 5-for-6 on his way to 10 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ray Taveras, who posted six points.
Florida Prep's loss dropped their record down to 7-3. As for Heritage, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-6.
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