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Merritt Island Palm Bay

Mustangs

Pirates

The Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral playoff game against Merritt Island (FL) in overtime by a score of 68-64.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merritt Island	8	18	12	17	9	64
Palm Bay	19	11	16	9	13	68

Final score provided by D. Fider.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Merritt Island (24-25)

Merritt Island has not entered stats for this game.

Palm Bay (24-25)

Palm Bay

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	68	23	69	33	36
0	D. Fider (Jr)	11	4	11	36	45
1	Ryann Brown (So)	3	1	5	20	20
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	5	2	4	50	63
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	20	5	16	31	34
4	CJ Lloyd (So)	10	5	16	31	31
10	Kamari Nesmith	4	1	7	14	14
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	8	4	7	57	57
13	Myles Plain	5	1	3	33	33
23	Santana Rogers (Jr)	2	0	0

Palm Bay

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	68	4	20	20	18	24	75	19	49	39
0	D. Fider (Jr)	11	2	5	40	1	2	50	2	6	33
1	Ryann Brown (So)	3	0	3	0	1	2	50	1	2	50
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	1	100
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	20	1	8	13	9	10	90	4	8	50
4	CJ Lloyd (So)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	16	31
10	Kamari Nesmith	4	0	0	0	2	4	50	1	7	14
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	57
13	Myles Plain	5	0	1	0	3	4	75	1	2	50
23	Santana Rogers (Jr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	0	0

Palm Bay

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	68	18	17	35	15	14	2	19	23
0	D. Fider (Jr)	11	3	1	4	2	6	1	3	4
1	Ryann Brown (So)	3	2	3	5	1	1	0	3	2
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	5	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	2
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	20	2	4	6	8	3	0	1	2
4	CJ Lloyd (So)	10	4	2	6	2	0	1	4	5
10	Kamari Nesmith	4	2	3	5	0	1	0	0	3
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	8	3	3	6	1	0	0	4	5
13	Myles Plain	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
23	Santana Rogers (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Palm Bay

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.79	0.74	0.61	0.09	1	18
0	D. Fider (Jr)	0.67	2.00	1.50	0.25	0	5
1	Ryann Brown (So)	0.33	0.33	0.50	0.00	0	1
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	0.33	0.67	1.00	0.00	1	0
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	8.00	3.00	1.50	0.00	0	4
4	CJ Lloyd (So)	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.20	0	0
10	Kamari Nesmith	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	0	6
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
13	Myles Plain	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0

Palm Bay's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Merritt Island held off by Palm Bay

February 3, 2025: Merritt Island, FL 32953

In Monday's non-league test, the Palm Bay Pirates (Melbourne, FL) basketball squad got by the host Merritt Island Mustangs (Merritt Island, FL), by a score of 68-64.

Next, the Pirates encounter the Atlantic Sharks (Port Orange, FL) in a non-league test, on Wednesday, February 5. Palm Bay will attempt to improve on its 10-13 season record. The Sharks come into the test with a 18-7 record after their 70-60 non-league loss to Vanguard (Ocala, FL).

MIHS vs Palm Bay Basketball Game Info

Mon., Feb. 3, 2025

The Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL) varsity basketball team won Monday's neutral playoff game against Merritt Island (FL) in overtime by a score of 68-64.

This game is a part of the "2025 FHSAA Boys Basketball District Tournaments - 4A District 8".

Rankings & Records

Merritt Island (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
566	570	64

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
9-14	1-5	4-5	4-6	1-3	.391	.167	1,227	1,246

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
Merritt Island	13.0	14.6	11.6	13.3	8.5	53.3
Palm Bay	13.4	11.8	13.7	15.7	13.0	53.0

Team Stat Comparison

Merritt Island		Palm Bay
8.3	Points Per Game	49.0
2.6	Rebounds Per Game	22.2
2.7	Assists Per Game	10.4
2.9	Steals Per Game	10.9
0.4	Blocks Per Game	2.2

Team Leaders

Merritt Island		Palm Bay	National Avg.
#22 Braeden Rouleau16.0	Points Per Game	#0 Deuel “Junior” Fider12.3	4.9
#22 Braeden Rouleau6.0	Rebounds Per Game	#4 CJ Lloyd4.7	2.6
#11 Jr Reeves5.5	Assists Per Game	#3 Elijah Buffong4.6	1.0
#5 Jayce Brandes8.0	Steals Per Game	#0 Deuel “Junior” Fider3.0	0.8
#13 Traeshun Patterson1.0	Blocks Per Game	#4 CJ Lloyd0.8	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merritt Island	3-7		Palm Bay	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Cocoa Beach	Merritt Island	(W) 61-55	11/21/24	Palm Bay	Cocoa Beach	(W) 50-41
1/6/25	Merritt Island	Cocoa Beach	(W) 51-45
11/21/24	Bayside	Merritt Island	(L) 56-55	1/10/25	Palm Bay	Bayside	(W) 58-56
1/28/25	Merritt Island	Bayside	(L) 72-55
12/3/24	Hagerty	Merritt Island	(L) 71-49	1/30/25	Hagerty	Palm Bay	(L) 65-54
12/19/24	Satellite	Merritt Island	(L) 47-44	1/27/25	Satellite	Palm Bay	(W) 62-55
1/30/25	Merritt Island	Satellite	(L) 76-68
1/10/25	Merritt Island	Astronaut	(W) 63-46	11/22/24	Palm Bay	Astronaut	(L) 50-46
1/15/25	Merritt Island	Rockledge	(L) 76-55	1/8/25	Rockledge	Palm Bay	(L) 64-45
1/17/25	Merritt Island	Cocoa	(L) 51-35	12/2/24	Cocoa	Palm Bay	(W) 62-50

Record Breakdown

Merritt Island (24-25)		Palm Bay (24-25)
9-14	Overall	10-14
1-5	League	1-2
7-7	Non-League	6-9
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-7	Common Opponent	4-3
4-5	Home	5-3
4-6	Away	3-8
1-3	Neutral	2-3
0-1	Playoff	1-0
9-14	In-State	9-14
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0