The Oak Hall Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Branford Buccaneers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Oak Hall's tournament run continued when they took on Oak Forest Academy last Monday. Oak Hall's2024 ended with a 57-43 loss against Oak Forest Academy. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 664th in Florida, while the Yellowjackets are ranked tenth in Louisiana).
Meanwhile, Branford posted their biggest victory since December 3, 2024 on Tuesday. They really took it to Aucilla Christian for the full four quarters, racking up a 66-35 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Buccaneers just coasted through the last quarter.
This is the second loss in a row for Oak Hall and nudges their season record down to 3-9. As for Branford, the victory got them back to even at 6-6.
Oak Hall came up short against Branford in their previous meeting back in January of 2023, falling 57-47. Can Oak Hall avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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