Rickards and Lincoln are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Rickards Raiders will look to defend their home court on Friday against the Lincoln Trojans at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Rickards is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on Chiles with a sharp 73-47 victory on Tuesday. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 107th, while the Timberwolves are ranked 338th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lincoln earned a 67-57 win over North Florida Christian on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
Rickards has also been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.1 points per game. As for Lincoln, their victory bumped their record up to 12-6.
Rickards came up short against Lincoln when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 74-64. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lincoln's Kingsley Mutanga, who went 10 for 14 en route to 33 points in addition to seven boards and six assists. Now that Rickards knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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