Manatee is 1-6 against Bradenton Christian since November of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Manatee Hurricanes will be defending their home court for the first time this season when they go up against the Bradenton Christian Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Manatee is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Palmetto on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Manatee lost 81-56 to Palmetto. The Hurricanes were down 61-34 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Bradenton Christian had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They blew past the Bruins 70-48. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matches by 21 points or more this season.
Bradenton Christian's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-6. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 22.6 points. As for Manatee, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-9.
Manatee suffered a grim 77-54 defeat to Bradenton Christian when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Manatee avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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