The Cypress Lake Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Ida Baker Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Cypress Lake can't be too happy about their upcoming road matchup considering what happened when they opened their season away from home on Tuesday. They were outmatched by Palmetto Ridge and fell 63-35. The Panthers have struggled against the Bears recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Ida Baker lost to South Fort Myers at home by a 82-65 margin on Thursday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (55), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
Cypress Lake lost to Ida Baker on the road by a decisive 65-49 margin in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Bulldogs' Ricky Fernandez, who dropped a double-double with 20 points and 14 boards. Now that the Panthers know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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