The Palm Beach Lakes Rams will take on the Palm Beach Gardens Gators on Saturday. Palm Beach Lakes is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
Palm Beach Lakes is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Palm Beach Central as Palm Beach Lakes made off with a 53-32 win. The Rams have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matches by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Palm Beach Gardens strolled past Wellington with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 46-27. Given the Gators' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Wolverines are ranked 269th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Palm Beach Lakes better keep an eye on Latasha Whyte. She was instrumental in Palm Beach Gardens' win, dropping a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds. The game was Whyte's fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brandi Brown, who posted five points along with five boards and three steals.
Palm Beach Gardens' victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-9. As for Palm Beach Lakes, they have also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Palm Beach Lakes came up short against Palm Beach Gardens in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 49-37. Can Palm Beach Lakes avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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