Having just played yesterday, the Lake Minneola Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Wildwood Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lake Minneola has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight defeats, while Wildwood will come in with seven straight victories.
On Monday, Lake Minneola had to suffer through a 55-22 loss at the hands of The Villages Charter. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 430th, while the Buffalo are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Wildwood beat Lakewood 64-51 on Saturday.
Lake Minneola better focus on containing Trinidy Harris and Zoey Brown as the pair were huge in Wildwood's win. Harris almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds, while Brown posted 19 points in addition to seven assists and five rebounds. Brown has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 29 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Jeriyah Walker, who put up six points and nine rebounds.
Lake Minneola's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Wildwood, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Things could have been worse for Lake Minneola, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 59-44 loss to Wildwood in their previous matchup back in January of 2021. Can Lake Minneola avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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