The Cape Coral Seahawks will challenge the Oasis Sharks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Oasis took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Cape Coral, who comes in off a win.
Cape Coral will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Fort Myers, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Cape Coral walked away with a 42-30 win over Fort Myers on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Seahawks.
Oasis has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They were beaten by First Baptist Academy 58-23 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Sharks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 246th, while the Lions are ranked 26th).
Cape Coral will need focus on slowing down Tessa Bexfield, one of several Oasis players who made an impact when they last played. She posted 11 points and six rebounds. That was a full 47.8% of Oasis' points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Brynn Stambaugh, who had six points.
Cape Coral is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.3 points per game. As for Oasis, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-4.
Cape Coral came up short against Oasis when the teams last played on January 2nd, falling 47-41. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Stambaugh, who scored 26 points and three steals. Now that Cape Coral knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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