Venice and North Port are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2020, but not for long. The Venice Indians will take on the North Port Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Venice's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four games.
Last Tuesday, Venice was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 66-60 to Riverview Sarasota. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (57), the Indians still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 77-44, which was the final score in North Port's tilt against Booker on Wednesday. The Bobcats haven't had much luck with the Tornadoes recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Venice dropped their record down to 7-8 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for North Port, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
Venice couldn't quite finish off North Port in their previous matchup back in December of 2024 and fell 64-62. Can Venice avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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