Land O' Lakes was the 59-48 winner over River Ridge when they last played one another back in January of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Land O' Lakes Gators had to suffer through a 54-26 loss at the hands of the River Ridge Royal Knights. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 443rd, while the Royal Knights are ranked 144th).
| 01/09/25 @ River Ridge | 9 |
| 01/07/25 vs Sunlake | 6 |
| 01/04/25 vs Lecanto | 10 |
| 01/03/25 vs Gaither | 16 |
| 01/02/25 vs Berkeley Prep | 5 |
Despite the loss, Land O' Lakes still got an impressive performance from Jessi Saffold, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine steals. Saffold is crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least five every time she's taken the court this season.
River Ridge got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Lexi Wade out in front who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Wade a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Karsyn Miller, who posted six points and seven steals.
Land O' Lakes is on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-10. As for River Ridge, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 13-6.
Land O' Lakes will look to defend their home court on Monday against Angeline Academy of Innovation at 7:00 p.m. Land O' Lakes is facing Angeline Academy of Innovation at the right time seeing as Angeline Academy of Innovation is stuck on a 12-game losing streak. As for River Ridge, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 70-51 victory against Mitchell on the 11th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
