The Durant Cougars will challenge the Sickles Gryphons at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Durant ended up a good deal behind Plant City and lost 68-53. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 513th, while the Raiders are ranked 149th).
01/14/25 @ Plant City | 11 |
01/10/25 vs Riverview | 5 |
12/28/24 vs Rickards | 4 |
01/07/25 @ Spoto | 4 |
11/20/24 vs Hillsborough | 3 |
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Tyler Gonser, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ian Ibanez, who posted 11 points.
Meanwhile, Sickles entered their tilt with Leto on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Falcons 85-60. The Gryphons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 25 points or more this season.
Sickles pushed their record up to 12-8 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 86.0 points per game. As for Durant, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last ten games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-13 record this season.
Durant didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Sickles in their previous meeting back in December of 2020, but they still walked away with a 76-72 win. Will Durant repeat their success, or does Sickles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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