Fernandina Beach is 0-7 against Andrew Jackson since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Fernandina Beach Pirates will take on the Andrew Jackson Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Fernandina Beach had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Hornets 60-57. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win Fernandina Beach has posted since November 30, 2023.
Fernandina Beach's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Chase Landtroop, who scored 21 points, and Jesse Basse, who scored 20 points along with five rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Basse has scored all season. Joshua Modupe was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with six rebounds.
Meanwhile, Andrew Jackson came tearing into Friday's game with 14 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.4 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 53-41 victory over Gray Collegiate Academy.
Fernandina Beach's victory bumped their record up to 16-10. As for Andrew Jackson, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-3.
Fernandina Beach was dealt a bruising 74-31 defeat at the hands of Andrew Jackson in their previous matchup back in January of 2019. The matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Fernandina Beach was down 38-13.
