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| 12/11/23 - Away | 29-36 L |
| 12/01/23 - Away | 34-29 W |
| 12/13/22 - Home | 54-49 W |
| 12/16/20 - Home | 22-53 L |
| 12/04/19 - Away | 54-47 W |
| + 5 more games |
Winter Park has gone 8-2 against East River recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Winter Park Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the East River Falcons at 6:00 p.m. The timing isn't great for Winter Park: they have been struggling with four straight losses at home, while East River has snatched up three consecutive wins on the road.
Last Friday, Winter Park came up short against Edgewater and fell 46-39. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 291st, while the Eagles are ranked 87th).
Despite the loss, Winter Park saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Elizabeth Riley dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds. Those 15 points gave Riley a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Auria Mack, who posted five points.
Even though they lost, Winter Park was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 6.2 assists per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 6.4.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask East River). They blew past Innovation 79-56 on Tuesday.
East River has also been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.2 points per game. As for Winter Park, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Winter Park came up short against East River in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 36-29. Thankfully for Winter Park, Yariana Lugo Perez (who almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
