The Southridge Spartans will square off against the Western Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Southridge is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Belen Jesuit just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They were outmatched by the Wolverines and fell 78-50. The Spartans were down 59-30 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Western entered their tilt with Cypress Bay on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They slipped by the Lightning 52-51. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Lightning are ranked 123rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Western is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.6 points per game. As for Southridge, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 12-5.
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