The Forest Lake Academy Panthers just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Foundation Academy Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Forest Lake Academy has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight losses, while Foundation Academy will come in with three straight victories.
On Wednesday, Forest Lake Academy came up short against Father Lopez and fell 54-46.
Meanwhile, Foundation Academy was able to grind out a solid win over Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy on Tuesday, taking the game 62-53. Given the Lions 's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Tigers are ranked 346th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Forest Lake Academy better focus on containing Riley Michels and Alex Nichols as the pair were huge in Foundation Academy's win. Michels almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine blocks, while Nichols posted 19 points along with seven assists and seven boards. With that strong performance, Michels is now averaging an impressive 2.5 steals per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Nate Waldon, who went 7 of 13 on his way to 14 points and seven rebounds.
Forest Lake Academy's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-5. As for Foundation Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Forest Lake Academy took a serious blow against Foundation Academy when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 67-16. Thankfully for Forest Lake Academy, Cameron Basden (who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 12 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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