The Windermere Prep Lakers and Great Crossing will round out the year against one another at at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Windermere Prep is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Foundation Academy 83-64 on Friday. The Lakers pushed the score to 71-47 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions cut but never quite recovered from.
| 12/20/24 @ Foundation Academy | 29 |
| 12/18/24 vs Central Florida Christian Academy | 19 |
| 12/12/24 @ Evans | 17 |
| 12/10/24 vs Oviedo | 18 |
| 12/07/24 vs Bartow | 23 |
Windermere Prep's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brandon Bass Jr. led the charge by dropping a double-double on 29 points and ten rebounds. Bass Jr.'s evening made it eight games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Malachi Martis was another key player, going 7 for 8 on his way to 21 points and seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Great Crossing was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took an 81-72 hit to the loss column at the hands of Westminster Academy. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as Great Crossing came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 15th in Kentucky, while Westminster Academy is ranked 87th in Florida).
Great Crossing's loss dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Windermere Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5.
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