Having just played yesterday, the Homestead Broncos will get right back to it and host the Ferguson Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Homestead knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully Ferguson likes a good challenge.
Homestead will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Somerset Academy South Homestead, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Homestead took their contest on Tuesday with ease, bagging an 88-36 victory over Somerset Academy South Homestead. Given the Broncos' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 275th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 754th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Ferguson came tearing into Thursday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They snuck past the Wolfpack with a 69-63 win.
Ferguson pushed their record up to 6-16 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.0 points per game. As for Homestead, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Homestead and Ferguson were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in January of 2021, but Homestead came up empty-handed after a 50-49 loss. Can Homestead avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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