Having just played yesterday, the Raines Vikings will head out on the road to face off against the Rickards Raiders at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Raines has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Rickards will come in with three straight wins.
Raines' tournament run continued when they took on Suncoast on Friday. Raines fell 62-49 to Suncoast. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 280th, while the Chargers are ranked 135th).
Meanwhile, Rickards beat Lincoln 61-48 on Friday.
Rickards is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.4 points per game. As for Raines, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-11.
Raines came up short against Rickards in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 53-44. Can Raines avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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