A feisty cat fight is on tap when the First Baptist Academy Lions take on the North Port Bobcats at 2:20 p.m. on Saturday... The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (First Baptist Academy has six straight victories, North Port has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Saturday, First Baptist Academy strolled past Southwest with points to spare, taking the game 52-34. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Eagles are ranked 478th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, North Port was just a bucket shy of victory on Wednesday and fell 49-48 to Lemon Bay.
First Baptist Academy's win bumped their record up to 18-1. As for North Port, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.
First Baptist Academy strolled past North Port in their previous matchup back in January of 2024 by a score of 66-48. Will First Baptist Academy repeat their success, or does North Port have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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