The Cypress Creek Bears will square off against the St. Cloud Bulldogs on Thursday. Cypress Creek will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Cypress Creek is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They took down Lake Nona 46-27.
Meanwhile, St. Cloud beat Merritt Island Christian 63-51 on Saturday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 121st, while the Cougars are ranked 332nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Cloud had a senior duo take command as Arianna Viera posted 23 points along with six assists and five rebounds and Savannah Kroener went 7 for 14 en route to 18 points and four steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Viera has scored at least a third of St. Cloud's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Wetzel, who had six points.
St. Cloud smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive boards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Merritt Island Christian only pulled down five offensive rebounds.
St. Cloud is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for Cypress Creek, their win bumped their record up to 11-4.
Cypress Creek and St. Cloud were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, but Cypress Creek came up empty-handed after a 55-54 loss. Thankfully for Cypress Creek, Eno Inyang (who almost dropped a double-double on 20 points and nine boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
