The Lake Placid Dragons and the DeSoto County Bulldogs will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lake Placid lost 84-63 to Avon Park on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 524th, while the Red Devils are ranked 199th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for DeSoto County, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They had just enough and edged Fort Meade out 57-55.
DeSoto County's win came from a few key players Lake Placid will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jayden Santiago, who went 6 of 15 on his way to 15 points and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Azir Blanding, who went 6 of 13 on his way to 14 points and three blocks.
The victory got DeSoto County back to even at 5-5. As for Lake Placid, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Everything went Lake Placid's way against DeSoto County when the teams last played back in February, as Lake Placid made off with a 74-48 win. Will Lake Placid repeat their success, or does DeSoto County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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