Orange Park is 1-9 against Fleming Island since December of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Orange Park Raiders will venture away from home to challenge the Fleming Island Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Orange Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They blew past Clay, posting a 64-32 victory. That looming 64-32 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Raiders yet this season.
Meanwhile, Fleming Island had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Wednesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Broncos 81-44. The Golden Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 20 points or more this season.
Fleming Island has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.3 points per game. As for Orange Park, their win bumped their record up to 11-14.
Orange Park came up short against Fleming Island when the teams last played back in November of 2024, falling 62-58. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fleming Island's Carson Crawford, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 boards. Now that Orange Park knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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