The Heritage Panthers are taking a road trip to take on the Bayside Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Heritage has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with five straight losses, while Bayside will come in with six straight wins.
Heritage fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Cocoa Beach on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Minutemen by a score of 79-76. One positive for the Panthers, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, Bayside strolled past Merritt Island with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 72-55.
Bayside has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.3 points per game. As for Heritage, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-18.
Heritage came up short against Bayside when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 64-54. Can Heritage avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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