Citrus hasn't had much luck against Lecanto recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Citrus Hurricanes will welcome the Lecanto Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with 14 defeats in a row, Citrus turned things around against Central on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Bears by a score of 53-46.
Meanwhile, Lecanto had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.4 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They blew past the Hornets 92-41. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 games by 21 points or more this season.
Lecanto has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.1 points per game. As for Citrus, their victory ended a ten-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-19.
Citrus was dealt a bruising 95-40 loss at the hands of Lecanto in their previous meeting on January 10th. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Citrus was down 52-24.
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