The Westminster Academy Lions will head out to square off against the Batavia Bulldogs at 12:20 p.m. on Friday.
Westminster Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: New Smyrna Beach, who was ranked 11th at the time (Westminster Academy was ranked 19th). Westminster Academy lost to New Smyrna Beach on the road by a 54-40 margin on Monday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Batavia). They had just enough and edged Carmel out 62-60. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Westminster Academy better keep an eye on Hallie Crane. She was instrumental in Batavia's win, going 6 for 12 on her way to 18 points. Crane is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for three straight games. Kaidyn King was another key player, putting up 11 points along with seven rebounds and five assists.
Batavia was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since back in February.
Batavia has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.4 points per game. As for Westminster Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-4.
Westminster Academy strolled past Batavia in their previous matchup back in January of 2023 by a score of 68-52. Will Westminster Academy repeat their success, or does Batavia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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