Basketball Game Preview: Lake Howell Silverhawks vs. Winter Springs Bears

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Previous Games

12/15/23 - Away	45-43 W
12/12/22 - Home	47-38 W
02/07/22 - Home	60-42 W
01/13/22 - Home	50-42 W
12/16/21 - Home	41-36 W
+ 5 more games

Lake Howell has gone 10-0 against Winter Springs recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Lake Howell Silverhawks will look to defend their home court against the Winter Springs Bears at 7:30 p.m. Lake Howell has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

Winter Springs is facing Lake Howell at the wrong time: Lake Howell suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 62-61 to the Trojans. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (56), the Silverhawks still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Winter Springs came tearing into Thursday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Mustangs by a score of 49-37. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 165th, while the Mustangs are ranked 526th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Winter Springs' win came from a few key players Lake Howell will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Daniel Stringer, who posted 17 points. He is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last four games he's played. Elijah Nieves was another key player, putting up ten points along with eight steals and six assists.

Lake Howell's loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 17-5. As for Winter Springs, they pushed their record up to 15-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road.

Lake Howell came out on top in a nail-biter against Winter Springs when the teams last played back in December of 2023, sneaking past 45-43. Will Lake Howell repeat their success, or does Winter Springs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.