The Pleasant Home Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the Florala Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Pleasant Home is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They took down Kinston 71-55. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 178th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 413th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Florala entered their tilt with Emmanuel Christian on Saturday with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They claimed a resounding 86-20 win over the Warriors. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matches by 20 points or more this season.
Pleasant Home better focus on containing Elijah McMeans and Jayden Bradberry as the pair were huge in Florala's win. McMeans made all 8 shots he took for 16 points, while Bradberry posted eight points along with six rebounds and six steals. The dominant performance also gave Bradberry a new career-high in assists (five). Another player making a difference was Ayden Brooks, who went 6 for 8 en route to 12 points and six boards.
Florala smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 28 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in seven consecutive contests.
Florala's victory was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-1. As for Pleasant Home, their win bumped their record up to 15-3.
Pleasant Home came up short against Florala in their previous meeting on Wednesday, falling 63-52. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Florala's Rayshon Coleman, who went 14 of 26 on his way to 33 points in addition to seven rebounds and three steals. Now that Pleasant Home knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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