Atlantic Coast and Sandalwood are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2017, but not for long. The Atlantic Coast Stingrays will venture away from home to take on the Sandalwood Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Atlantic Coast is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering KIPP Bold City just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Greyhounds by a score of 62-60. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (59), the Stingrays still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Sandalwood suffered their biggest defeat since February 6th on Thursday. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Tocoi Creek an easy 65-42 victory. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 390th, while the Toros are ranked 37th).
Atlantic Coast's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Sandalwood, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-8 record this season.
Atlantic Coast suffered a grim 45-23 defeat to Sandalwood when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Atlantic Coast avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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