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Merritt Island Palm Bay

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The Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL) varsity basketball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Merritt Island (FL) by a score of 85-24.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Merritt Island	5	13	4	2	24
Palm Bay	25	25	18	17	85

Final score provided by D. Fider.

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Palm Bay (23-24)

Merritt Island

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	24	7	65	11	12
2	Jr Reeves (Jr)	0	0	6	0	0
3	Abhishek Joseph (Sr)	6	1	11	9	14
5	Jayce Brandes (Jr)	0	0	4	0	0
11	Hudson Blank (Sr)	7	3	17	18	18
12	Jace Jordan (Jr)	3	1	8	13	13
13	Mahtahc Morales (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
21	Cole Christy (Sr)	0	0	4	0	0
22	Braeden Rouleau (Jr)	6	2	6	33	33
24	Oscar Joseph (So)	2	0	0

Palm Bay

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	85	38	79	48	51
1	Aaron Mcgee (So)	18	7	17	41	53
2	Caden Newton (So)	4	2	5	40	40
3	Elijah Buffong (Jr)	3	1	7	14	14
5	D. Fider (So)	5	2	2	100	100
11	Alex Petite (Sr)	6	3	7	43	43
12	W. Burnett III (So)	14	7	17	41	41
21	O. Woolestan (So)	10	4	5	80	80
25	Omar Clarke (So)	4	2	3	67	67
33	W. Thompson iii (Sr)	14	7	9	78	78

Merritt Island

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	24	1	21	5	9	18	50	6	44	14
2	Jr Reeves (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	0
3	Abhishek Joseph (Sr)	6	1	6	17	3	6	50	0	5	0
5	Jayce Brandes (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	Hudson Blank (Sr)	7	0	5	0	1	2	50	3	12	25
12	Jace Jordan (Jr)	3	0	2	0	1	1	100	1	6	17
13	Mahtahc Morales (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	Cole Christy (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	Braeden Rouleau (Jr)	6	0	2	0	2	3	67	2	4	50
23	Shane Patrick (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
24	Oscar Joseph (So)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	0	0

Palm Bay

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	85	5	18	28	4	7	57	33	61	54
1	Aaron Mcgee (So)	18	4	9	44	0	0	0	3	8	38
2	Caden Newton (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	40
3	Elijah Buffong (Jr)	3	0	1	0	1	2	50	1	6	17
5	D. Fider (So)	5	0	0	0	1	1	100	2	2	100
11	Alex Petite (Sr)	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	50
12	W. Burnett III (So)	14	0	5	0	0	0	0	7	12	58
21	O. Woolestan (So)	10	0	0	0	2	4	50	4	5	80
25	Omar Clarke (So)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	67
33	W. Thompson iii (Sr)	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9	78

Merritt Island

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	24	11	14	25	4	9	1	28	8
2	Jr Reeves (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	Abhishek Joseph (Sr)	6	1	2	3	1	2	0	5	0
5	Jayce Brandes (Jr)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	0
11	Hudson Blank (Sr)	7	0	2	2	1	2	1	7	3
12	Jace Jordan (Jr)	3	2	2	4	1	3	0	3	2
13	Mahtahc Morales (Sr)	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
21	Cole Christy (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	Braeden Rouleau (Jr)	6	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0
23	Shane Patrick (Jr)	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	0
24	Oscar Joseph (So)	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	1

Palm Bay

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	85	21	29	50	21	20	7	17	19
1	Aaron Mcgee (So)	18	1	9	10	3	3	1	2	2
2	Caden Newton (So)	4	2	2	4	0	2	0	0	0
3	Elijah Buffong (Jr)	3	3	4	7	4	4	0	0	0
5	D. Fider (So)	5	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
11	Alex Petite (Sr)	6	3	2	5	0	1	1	1	4
12	W. Burnett III (So)	14	5	2	7	7	4	1	0	1
21	O. Woolestan (So)	10	3	3	6	0	0	0	4	2
25	Omar Clarke (So)	4	1	1	2	3	4	0	2	1
33	W. Thompson iii (Sr)	14	3	5	8	1	0	2	5	5

Merritt Island

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.14	0.32	1.13	0.13	1	11
2	Jr Reeves (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
3	Abhishek Joseph (Sr)	0.20	0.40	2.00	0.00	0	0
5	Jayce Brandes (Jr)	0.33	0.33	1.00	0.00	0	3
11	Hudson Blank (Sr)	0.14	0.29	0.67	0.33	0	1
12	Jace Jordan (Jr)	0.33	1.00	1.50	0.00	0	1
22	Braeden Rouleau (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	2
23	Shane Patrick (Jr)	0.00	0.33	1.00	0.00	0	2

Palm Bay

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.24	1.18	1.05	0.37	11
1	Aaron Mcgee (So)	1.50	1.50	1.50	0.50	2
2	Caden Newton (So)	0.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	2
3	Elijah Buffong (Jr)	4.00	4.00	4.00	0.00	1
5	D. Fider (So)	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1
11	Alex Petite (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.25	0.25	2
12	W. Burnett III (So)	7.00	4.00	4.00	1.00	1
21	O. Woolestan (So)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1
25	Omar Clarke (So)	1.50	2.00	4.00	0.00	0
33	W. Thompson iii (Sr)	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.40	1

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Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Merritt Island trounced by Palm Bay

December 1, 2023: Melbourne, FL 32901

The Palm Bay Pirates routed the visiting Merritt Island Mustangs basketball team by a final score of 85-24 in Friday's non-league game.

In their next game, the Pirates face the Heritage Panthers (Palm Bay, FL) in a non-league game, on Monday, December 4. Palm Bay will attempt to move on its 2-2 season record. The Panthers enter the game with a 1-2 record after their 78-46 non-league loss to Central (Fort Pierce, FL).

With the defeat, Merritt Island moves to 0-4 on the year. The Mustangs travel to Satellite (Satellite Beach, FL) to face the Scorpions in a 5A District 13 game on Monday, December 4. The Scorpions enter the game with a record of 3-0. Satellite won 65-64 in their recent non-league game against Astronaut (Titusville, FL)

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Rankings & Records

Merritt Island (23-24)

FL	Class
551	83

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-17	1-4	2-5	3-11	2-1	.292	.200	1,297	1,555

Palm Bay (23-24)

FL	Class
67	9

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
24-6	3-0	12-1	5-1	7-4	.800	1.000	2,052	1,449

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Merritt Island	13.6	10.6	12.9	14.9	6.0	54.0
Palm Bay	18.0	17.1	16.9	15.4	15.0	68.4

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Team Stat Comparison

Merritt Island		Palm Bay
52.9	Points Per Game	67.9
27.2	Rebounds Per Game	32.5
11.2	Assists Per Game	13.5
11.5	Steals Per Game	13.0
2.1	Blocks Per Game	2.6

Team Leaders

Merritt Island		Palm Bay	National Avg.
#5 Jayce Brandes12.8	Points Per Game	#1 Aaron Mcgee14.5	4.9
#5 Jayce Brandes5.1	Rebounds Per Game	#33 Willie Thompson iii6.0	2.6
#2 Jr Reeves1.9	Assists Per Game	#3 Elijah Buffong3.8	1.0
#11 Hudson Blank2.1	Steals Per Game	#0 Zeke Aime2.2	0.8
#11 Hudson Blank0.7	Blocks Per Game	#33 Willie Thompson iii1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merritt Island	2-10		Palm Bay	7-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/28/23	Merritt Island	Titusville	(L) 66-36	12/11/23	Titusville	Palm Bay	(W) 77-41
1/31/24	Titusville	Merritt Island	(L) 67-63
11/30/23	Astronaut	Merritt Island	(L) 64-55	1/29/24	Astronaut	Palm Bay	(W) 87-52
1/12/24	Merritt Island	Astronaut	(L) 84-69
12/4/23	Merritt Island	Satellite	(L) 70-60	12/18/23	Satellite	Palm Bay	(W) 76-47
1/30/24	Satellite	Merritt Island	(L) 64-59
2/6/24	Merritt Island	Satellite	(L) 83-51
12/8/23	Merritt Island	Eau Gallie	(L) 53-50	1/26/24	Eau Gallie	Palm Bay	(W) 74-30
1/24/24	Eau Gallie	Merritt Island	(W) 62-49
12/15/23	Merritt Island	West Shore	(W) 46-44	1/3/24	West Shore	Palm Bay	(W) 80-31
12/19/23	Port St. Lucie	Merritt Island	(L) 62-54	1/31/24	Port St. Lucie	Palm Bay	(W) 75-47
1/10/24	Merritt Island	Melbourne	(L) 55-47	12/15/23	Palm Bay	Melbourne	(W) 59-31

Record Breakdown

Merritt Island (23-24)		Palm Bay (23-24)
7-17	Overall	24-6
1-4	League	3-0
5-10	Non-League	13-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-10	Common Opponent	7-0
2-5	Home	12-1
3-11	Away	5-1
2-1	Neutral	7-4
0-1	Playoff	4-1
7-17	In-State	24-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1