South Lake hasn't had much luck against Lake Minneola recently, but that could start to change on Monday. It'll be a Battle of the Birds when the South Lake Eagles take on the Lake Minneola Hawks. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
On Friday, South Lake was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 57-52 to Hope Academy. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 69-40, which was the final score in Lake Minneola's tilt against The Villages Charter on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while the Buffalo are ranked 18th).
South Lake's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-10. As for Lake Minneola, their loss dropped their record down to 13-11.
South Lake suffered a grim 69-45 defeat to Lake Minneola in their previous meeting back in January. Can South Lake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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