Gainesville and Columbia are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2019, but not for long. The Gainesville Hurricanes will head out on the road to face off against the Columbia Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Gainesville is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
If Columbia heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Gainesville took over last week. Gainesville secured a 56-52 W over Santa Fe on Thursday.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Columbia duked it out withImpact Christian Academy on Saturday. Columbia took a 57-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of Impact Christian Academy. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Lions are ranked 36th).
Gainesville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for Columbia, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-8.
Gainesville beat Columbia 50-41 in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. Will Gainesville repeat their success, or does Columbia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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