Having just played yesterday, the Island Coast Gators will get right back to it and host the Lemon Bay Manta Rays at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Island Coast turned things around against Cypress Lake on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 47-27 win.
Meanwhile, Lemon Bay had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They walked away with a 48-37 victory over the Bulldogs. Given the Manta Rays' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 167th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 441st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lemon Bay pushed their record up to 10-9 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Island Coast, their victory bumped their record up to 7-16.
Island Coast took a serious blow against Lemon Bay in their previous meeting back in January of 2023, falling 73-30. Can Island Coast avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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