Two dominant guards in Ja'Niyah McCoy and Shilah-Rayn Lord are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Forest Wildcats will be taking part in a tournament against the Mainland Buccaneers at 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Forest is coming into the contest hot, having won their last seven games.
Forest picked up another tournament win on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Rich Township, sneaking past 49-46.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 76-38, which was the final score in Mainland's tilt against Windermere Prep on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while the Lakers are ranked 27th).
Mainland has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season. As for Forest, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season.
Forest was dealt a bruising 61-5 defeat at the hands of Mainland in their previous matchup back in December of 2019. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Forest was down 40-2.
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