The Plant Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Plant City Raiders at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Plant is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Wharton just ended the team's seven-game winning streak on Friday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 44-43 to the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, Plant City waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 64-52 victory over the Ravens. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Ravens are ranked 385th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Plant's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-4. As for Plant City, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Plant lost to Plant City on the road by a decisive 54-38 margin in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Plant City's Gavin Tinsley, who almost dropped a double-double on 22 points and nine rebounds. Now that Plant knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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