Basketball Game Preview: Fort Lauderdale Flying L's vs. Taravella Trojans

Fort Lauderdale and Taravella are an even 3-3 against one another since January of 2015, but not for long. The Fort Lauderdale Flying L's are taking a road trip to face off against the Taravella Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fort Lauderdale will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.

Fort Lauderdale picked up another tournament win last Saturday. They skirted past Ocoee 54-52.

Reggie Cleveland continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 19 points and 12 boards. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in steals (five). Rawle Farose was another key player, putting up ten points.

Fort Lauderdale smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in three consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Taravella took their match on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 68-34 win over Pompano Beach. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 250th, while the Golden Tornadoes are ranked 688th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Fort Lauderdale has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.3 points per game. As for Taravella, the victory got them back to even at 6-6.

Fort Lauderdale didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Taravella in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, but they still walked away with a 55-51 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fort Lauderdale since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.