The Sickles Gryphons will venture away from home to face off against the Hillsborough Terriers at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sickles has five straight victories, Hillsborough has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Sickles will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 38) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Wharton, sneaking past 57-55.
Meanwhile, Hillsborough lost 73-47 to Sumner on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Terriers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 703rd, while the Stingrays are ranked 291st).
Sickles has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.9 points per game. As for Hillsborough, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-13.
Sickles came up short against Hillsborough in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 61-57. Can Sickles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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