The Babcock Trailblazers will head out to take on the Seacrest Country Day Stingrays at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Babcock is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They enjoyed a cozy 50-31 victory over Donahue Catholic. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trailblazers.
02/06/25 vs Donahue Catholic | 13 |
01/14/25 @ Moore Haven | 12 |
11/22/24 @ North Fort Myers | 10 |
12/07/24 @ Donahue Catholic | 10 |
12/13/24 @ Island Coast | 10 |
Babcock's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Marianeliz Murillo, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 13 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Murillo a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Meikah Ferry, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Seacrest Country Day entered their tilt with Southwest Florida Christian on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the King's 67-11. Given the Stingrays' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 54th, while the King's are ranked 498th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Babcock pushed their record up to 17-6 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 23.1 points. As for Seacrest Country Day, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps