The Gainesville Red Elephants will challenge the Milton Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Gainesville's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last nine matchups.
If Milton heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Gainesville took over last week. Gainesville had just enough and edged Florida State University High School out 64-61.
Meanwhile, Milton and St. Joseph (ranked 44th and 18th in the MaxPreps national rankings respectively) squared off in a high-profile contest on Tuesday. Milton fell to St. Joseph 68-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (63), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
Gainesville is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.4 points per game. As for Milton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-3.
Gainesville beat Milton 70-61 in their previous matchup back in December of 2016. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gainesville since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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