The Ribault Trojans will head out on the road to challenge the Rickards Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Ribault is coming into the match hot, having won their last eight games.
Ribault is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against West Florida by a score of 63-52. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Jaguars are ranked 145th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Rickards had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with a 45-32 victory over the Falcons.
Rickards pushed their record up to 18-3 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.8 points over those games. As for Ribault, their victory bumped their record up to 19-8.
Ribault beat Rickards 55-48 in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Rickards' Amirahs Hayes, who went 5-for-11 to rack up 15 points along with six rebounds and three steals. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Ribault still be able to contain Hayes? There's only one way to find out.
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