The Navarre Raiders will challenge the Gulf Breeze Dolphins at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Navarre turned things around against Pensacola Catholic on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Crusaders by a score of 65-58. The matchup marked the Raiders' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, Gulf Breeze waltzed into their game on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They took down the Vikings 64-50. Given the Dolphins' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Vikings are ranked 259th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gulf Breeze's victory bumped their record up to 18-3. As for Navarre, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-14.
Navarre came up short against Gulf Breeze in their previous matchup on January 11th, falling 59-48. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gulf Breeze's Michael Bailey, who made all 7 shots he took for 18 points. Now that Navarre knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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