Palm Beach Lakes is 8-2 against Royal Palm Beach since January of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Palm Beach Lakes Rams will be home for the holidays to greet the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Palm Beach Lakes sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 62-60 victory over Suncoast. The win was just what Palm Beach Lakes needed coming off of a 77-54 loss in their prior matchup.
Meanwhile, Royal Palm Beach had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came out on top against Suncoast by a score of 55-43.
It was another big night for Jayden Coney, who scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and five assists. That makes it four consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Royal Palm Beach's points. Another player making a difference was Imanol Cheatham, who scored 13 points.
Palm Beach Lakes' win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points per game. As for Royal Palm Beach, their win bumped their record up to 7-2.
Palm Beach Lakes came out on top in a nail-biter against Royal Palm Beach in their previous meeting back in February, sneaking past 61-58. Does Palm Beach Lakes have another victory up their sleeve, or will Royal Palm Beach turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
