The East Ridge Knights will square off against the West Port Wolf Pack on Thursday.
East Ridge is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Celebration just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Storm by a score of 52-50.
Meanwhile, West Port had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They walked away with a 53-40 win over the Bobcats. Given the Wolf Pack's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 57th, while the Bobcats are ranked 209th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
East Ridge's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-4. As for West Port, their victory bumped their record up to 15-7.
East Ridge was able to grind out a solid win over West Port when the teams last played back in December of 2018, winning 46-37. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Ridge since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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