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Palm Bay Florida Prep

Pirates

Falcons

The Florida Prep (Melbourne, FL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL) by a score of 58-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palm Bay	17	13	16	12	58
Florida Prep	9	12	13	17	51

Final score provided by D. Fider.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Palm Bay (24-25)

Palm Bay

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	19	51	37	41
0	D. Fider (Jr)	23	8	15	53	53
1	Ryann Brown (So)	13	6	13	46	50
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	11	2	9	22	33
5	Andrew Vassell (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
10	Kamari Nesmith	4	0	7	0	0
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	5	2	2	100	125

Palm Bay

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	4	18	22	16	26	62	15	33	45
0	D. Fider (Jr)	23	0	3	0	7	12	58	8	12	67
1	Ryann Brown (So)	13	1	4	25	0	0	0	5	9	56
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	11	2	5	40	5	9	56	0	4	0
5	Andrew Vassell (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Kamari Nesmith	4	0	4	0	4	5	80	0	3	0
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	5	1	1	100	0	0	0	1	1	100

Palm Bay

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	58	8	11	19	5	14	1	13	20
0	D. Fider (Jr)	23	3	1	4	2	4	1	0	1
1	Ryann Brown (So)	13	1	3	4	1	4	0	2	0
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	11	1	2	3	0	2	0	1	3
5	Andrew Vassell (Fr)	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	4
10	Kamari Nesmith	4	2	4	6	2	3	0	3	3
11	Malakai Hendzel (Jr)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
21	Aiden Davis (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Palm Bay

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.39	1.08	0.70	0.05	1	12
0	D. Fider (Jr)	2.00	4.00	4.00	1.00	0	6
1	Ryann Brown (So)	0.50	2.00	4.00	0.00	0	3
2	Jeremiah Smith (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	0
3	Elijah Buffong (Sr)	0.00	2.00	0.67	0.00	1	1
10	Kamari Nesmith	0.67	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	2

Palm Bay's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Florida Prep (24-25)

Florida Prep has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Palm Bay nudges Florida Prep

December 7, 2024: Melbourne, FL 32901

The crowd at Saturday's non-league bout between the Palm Bay Pirates (Melbourne, FL) and the host Florida Prep Falcons (Melbourne, FL), saw Palm Bay's basketball team nip Florida Prep by a tally of 58-51.

The Pirates now possess a 3-4 record. They play next when they travel to Central Pointe Christian Academy for a non-league bout on Wednesday, December 11.

With the loss, Florida Prep falls to 3-2 on the campaign. The Falcons host DME Academy Blue (Daytona Beach, FL) to play the - in a non-league bout on Tuesday, December 10. The - go into the bout with a record of 9-4. DME Academy Blue lost 76-61 in their recent non-league bout against Central Pointe Christian Academy (Kissimmee, FL)

Palm Bay @ Florida Prep Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 7, 2024 @ 5p

The Florida Prep (Melbourne, FL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL) by a score of 58-51.

Rankings & Records

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

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

Team Scoring Averages

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

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

1/24 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Florida Prep	13	11	4	11	39
Palm Bay	23	12	13	20	68

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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