The Wesley Chapel Wildcats will square off against the Lakeland Dreadnaughts at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Wesley Chapel is headed into Thursday's game hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They fell 64-51 to Mitchell on Tuesday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Wildcats came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while the Mustangs are ranked 346th).
Meanwhile, Lakeland came up short against Discovery on Tuesday and fell 71-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (63), the Dreadnaughts still had to take the loss.
Lakeland's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for Wesley Chapel, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-6.
Wesley Chapel won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, slipping by Lakeland 79-78. Will Wesley Chapel repeat their success, or does Lakeland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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