The Avon Park Red Devils will take on the Bartow Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Avon Park has given up an average of 64.2 points per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Avon Park is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight games on Friday. They took a 67-48 bruising from Port Charlotte.
Meanwhile, Bartow didn't have too much trouble with Lake Wales on Friday as they won 58-42. Given the Yellow Jackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Highlanders are ranked 361st) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Avon Park better focus on containing Jakobie Terry and Kenny Cotton as the pair were huge in Bartow's win. Terry went 6-for-7 en route to 12 points and seven assists, while Cotton dropped a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Those seven assists gave Terry a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Ja'Kylen Crossley, who posted ten points.
Bartow pushed their record up to 19-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.6 points over those games. As for Avon Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-11.
Avon Park took a serious blow against Bartow when the teams last played back in January of 2025, falling 80-44. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Red Devils were down 42-20.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
