The Rickards Raiders and the Durant Cougars will face off at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Rickards knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully Durant likes a good challenge.
Rickards is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Victory Christian Academy just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 62-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Storm. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (55), the Raiders still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Durant was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were outmatched by Lake Howell and fell 66-34. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 556th, while the Silverhawks are ranked 24th).
Rickards' loss dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Durant, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8.
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