The Villages Charter is 0-3 against Lake Highland Prep since December of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Villages Charter Buffalo are on the road again and plays the Lake Highland Prep Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on February 14th. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact The Villages Charter can now relate to. They fell to the Tigers 65-59. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (57), The Villages Charter still had to take the loss.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Zion Mcrae and Tatiana Matthews. Matthews had a great game on Friday and dropped a double-double on 31 points and 16 rebounds. Meanwhile, Mcrae was balling out in the loss, scoring 30 points.
Meanwhile, Lake Highland Prep stacked a 16th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 73-47 margin over Bishop Moore. The win was nothing new for Lake Highland Prep as they're now sitting on six straight.
Lake Highland Prep got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Ari Woodard out in front who dropped a triple-double on 16 points, ten rebounds, and ten assists. Woodard hasn't dropped below two steals for ten straight games. Another player making a difference was Lexi Blue, who shot 4-for-7 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 18 points and ten rebounds.
The Villages Charter's loss dropped their record down to 13-12. As for Lake Highland Prep, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: The Villages Charter have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 22.7 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Lake Highland Prep struggles in that department as they've been averaging 27.4 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
The Villages Charter took a serious blow against Lake Highland Prep when the teams last played back in February of 2022, falling 91-35. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point The Villages Charter was down 61-17.
