Lakeland is on a six-game streak of home losses, Bartow a nine-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck will change on Thursday. The Lakeland Dreadnaughts will host the Bartow Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. Neither of these teams found much success offensively their last time out, scoring well below their season average.
Back in December of 2024, Lakeland took a blow against Gateway, falling 101-7. While losing is never fun, the Dreadnaughts can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 503rd, while the Panthers are ranked 81st).
Meanwhile, Bartow lost to Ridge Community at home by a 38-22 margin on Tuesday.
Bartow's loss dropped their record down to 0-12. As for Lakeland, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-13.
Lakeland strolled past Bartow in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 by a score of 55-38. Will Lakeland repeat their success, or does Bartow have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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