The Sandalwood Saints will venture away from home to challenge the Creekside Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Friday, Sandalwood came up short against Fletcher and fell 40-29. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 393rd, while the Senators are ranked 190th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Creekside, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They claimed a resounding 65-25 win over First Coast. The Knights pushed the score to 55-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Buccaneers had no chance of recovering from.
Sandalwood better keep an eye on Maddie Rolander. She was instrumental in Creekside's win, going 9 of 19 en route to 25 points and seven steals. Those seven steals gave Rolander a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cami Waters, who posted ten points in addition to six rebounds and three steals.
Sandalwood has traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 11 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-15 record this season. As for Creekside, their record is now 14-7.
Sandalwood lost to Creekside on the road by a decisive 45-27 margin when the teams last played back in January. Can Sandalwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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