North Port and Venice are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2020, but not for long. The North Port Bobcats will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Venice Indians at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Wednesday, North Port was beaten by Booker 77-44. The Bobcats haven't had much luck with the Tornadoes recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, Venice was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 66-60 to Riverview Sarasota. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (57), the Indians still had to take the loss.
Venice dropped their record down to 7-8 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for North Port, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
North Port came out on top in a nail-biter against Venice when the teams last played back in December of 2024, sneaking past 64-62. Will North Port repeat their success, or does Venice have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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