Lake Weir won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They lost 61-40 to the South Lake Eagles. The Hurricanes were down 51-25 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
| 01/29/24 vs Dunnellon | 6 |
| 01/24/24 @ South Sumter | 6 |
| 01/18/24 @ Belleview | 5 |
| 12/01/23 vs Belleview | 4 |
| 12/20/24 vs West Port | 4 |
Despite the loss, Lake Weir still got an impressive performance from Angel Henderson, who posted 11 points and seven rebounds. Those seven boards gave Henderson a new career-high. Joshua Jackson also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.
Lake Weir's loss dropped their record down to 12-9. As for South Lake, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season.
Lake Weir and South Lake should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings. Lake Weir (ranked 316th) will meet Belleview (ranked 674th) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lake Weir is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.1 points per game this season. Meanwhile, South Lake will take on Umatilla at 7:00 p.m. on Friday up 478 places (186 vs. 664).
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