The Westside Wolverines will face off against the Stanton Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Westside has seven straight victories, Stanton has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
If Westside beats Stanton with 57 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Westside walked away with a 57-49 win over San Jose Prep on Saturday. Given the Wolverines' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Storm are ranked 461st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Stanton came up short against Englewood two weeks ago, falling 69-48.
Stanton's loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Westside, their victory bumped their record up to 9-6.
Westside skirted past Stanton 2-0 when the teams last played back in February of 2021. Does Westside have another victory up their sleeve, or will Stanton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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