Having just played yesterday, the Nease Panthers will jump right back in to play the Impact Christian Academy Lions at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Nease is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Flagler Palm Coast just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They received a blow as they fell 66-52 to the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, Impact Christian Academy entered their tilt with Riverside on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They claimed a resounding 75-15 victory over the Generals. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 58th, while the Generals are ranked 265th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Impact Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.7 points per game. As for Nease, they now have a losing record at 8-9.
Nease won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, slipping by Impact Christian Academy 51-50. Does Nease have another victory up their sleeve, or will Impact Christian Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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