Basketball Recap: Westwood Comes Up Short

Westwood suffered their closest loss since January 24, 2024 on Saturday. They fell just short of the Vero Beach Indians by a score of 54-51. The Panthers have struggled against the Indians recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.

Joseph Weathers

Points (Career)

01/18/25 @ Vero Beach	16
01/14/25 vs South Fork	15
01/04/25 vs John Carroll Catholic	13
01/03/25 vs Pine	12
01/16/25 vs Trinity Christian Academy	9

When it comes to explaining why Westwood lost, don't look at Joseph Weathers. Despite the final result, he posted 16 points. The dominant performance gave Weathers a new career-high in points. Marquan Burgess was another key player, putting up ten points.

Westwood now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Vero Beach, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season.

Westwood didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 63-50 victory against Pine on the 20th. Vero Beach has also already played their next matchup, a 67-65 win against Martin County on the 22nd.