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Florida Prep Palm Bay

Falcons

Pirates

The Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Florida Prep (Melbourne, FL) by a score of 68-39.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Florida Prep	13	11	4	11	39
Palm Bay	23	12	13	20	68

Final score provided by D. Fider.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Florida Prep (24-25)

Florida Prep has not entered stats for this game.

Palm Bay (24-25)

Palm Bay

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	27	64	42	45
0	D. Fider (Jr)	14	5	14	36	43
1	Ryann Brown (So)	6	3	7	43	43
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	2	1	1	100	100
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	14	5	21	24	26
4	CJ Lloyd (So)	2	1	2	50	50
5	Andrew Vassell (Fr)	11	5	8	63	63
10	Kamari Nesmith	13	4	8	50	50
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	6	3	3	100	100

Palm Bay

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	3	13	23	11	20	55	24	51	47
0	D. Fider (Jr)	14	2	5	40	2	2	100	3	9	33
1	Ryann Brown (So)	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	50
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	100
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	14	1	6	17	3	4	75	4	15	27
4	CJ Lloyd (So)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
5	Andrew Vassell (Fr)	11	0	1	0	1	4	25	5	7	71
10	Kamari Nesmith	13	0	0	0	5	8	63	4	8	50
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100

Palm Bay

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	68	11	18	29	15	19	3	9	27
0	D. Fider (Jr)	14	0	0	0	3	5	0	1	1
1	Ryann Brown (So)	6	2	3	5	1	3	0	1	3
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	14	1	3	4	4	4	0	4	4
4	CJ Lloyd (So)	2	2	3	5	0	2	1	1	6
5	Andrew Vassell (Fr)	11	4	2	6	0	0	0	1	4
10	Kamari Nesmith	13	1	5	6	6	5	1	0	4
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	6	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	4

Palm Bay

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.67	2.11	0.70	0.11	25
0	D. Fider (Jr)	3.00	5.00	5.00	0.00	5
1	Ryann Brown (So)	1.00	3.00	1.00	0.00	1
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	5
4	CJ Lloyd (So)	0.00	2.00	0.33	0.17	2
5	Andrew Vassell (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
10	Kamari Nesmith	6.00	5.00	1.25	0.25	8
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	3

Palm Bay's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Palm Bay crushes Florida Prep

January 24, 2025: Melbourne, FL 32901

The Palm Bay Pirates (Melbourne, FL) basketball crushed the visiting Florida Prep Falcons (Melbourne, FL), 68-39 in Friday's non-league bout.

The Pirates now possess a 7-11 record. They play next when they host Satellite for a 4A District 8 bout on Monday, January 27. Palm Bay will play a Scorpions team coming off a 46-40 non-league loss to Cocoa Beach (Cocoa Beach, FL). The Scorpions record now stands at 7-11.

With the loss, Florida Prep falls to 11-3 on the campaign. The Falcons host Merritt Island Christian (Merritt Island, FL) to play the Cougars in a 1A District 8 bout on Monday, January 27. The Cougars go into the bout with a record of 9-8. Merritt Island Christian won 44-43 in their recent league bout against Morningside Academy (Port St. Lucie, FL)

Players of the Game

Florida Prep (24-25)

Florida Prep has not selected any Players of the Game.

Palm Bay (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Elijah Buffong for being selected the Palm Bay Basketball Player of the Game.

Florida Prep @ Palm Bay Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 24, 2025 @ 6:30p

The Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Florida Prep (Melbourne, FL) by a score of 68-39.

Rankings & Records

Florida Prep (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
355	359	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
11-8	3-4	5-5	4-2	2-1	.579	.429	1,163	832

Palm Bay (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
369	373	39

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
10-14	1-1	5-3	3-8	2-3	.417	.500	1,271	1,419

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Florida Prep	16.1	18.4	13.3	10.9	-	61.2
Palm Bay	13.4	11.8	13.7	15.7	13.0	53.0

Head-to-Head

Palm Bay won on 12/7/2024

12/7 @ 5p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Palm Bay 17 13 16 12 58
Florida Prep 9 12 13 17 51

The Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Florida Prep (Melbourne, FL) by a score of 58-51.
Box score
Palm Bay won on 1/24/2025

1/24 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Florida Prep 13 11 4 11 39
Palm Bay 23 12 13 20 68

The Florida Prep (Melbourne, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL) by a score of 68-39.
Box score

12/7 @ 5p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palm Bay	17	13	16	12	58
Florida Prep	9	12	13	17	51

Team Stat Comparison

Florida Prep		Palm Bay
-	Points Per Game	49.0
-	Rebounds Per Game	22.2
-	Assists Per Game	10.4
-	Steals Per Game	10.9
-	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

Florida Prep		Palm Bay	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#0 Deuel “Junior” Fider12.3	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#4 CJ Lloyd4.7	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#3 Elijah Buffong4.6	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#0 Deuel “Junior” Fider3.0	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#4 CJ Lloyd0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Florida Prep	2-1		Palm Bay	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/2/24	Florida Prep	Rockledge	(L) 59-39	1/8/25	Rockledge	Palm Bay	(L) 64-45
1/10/25	Florida Prep	Brevard Christian	(W) 67-45	12/13/24	Brevard Christian	Palm Bay	(W) 67-45
1/20/25	Brevard Christian	Florida Prep	(W) 69-46

Record Breakdown

Florida Prep (24-25)		Palm Bay (24-25)
11-8	Overall	10-14
3-4	League	1-2
6-3	Non-League	6-9
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-1	Common Opponent	1-1
5-5	Home	5-3
4-2	Away	3-8
2-1	Neutral	2-3
2-1	Playoff	1-0
11-8	In-State	9-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0