Coffee triumphant thanks to a strong effort from Junitho Benson
By Team Reports
Dec 4, 2023, 2:51pm
Recap: Coffee Trojans vs. Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane
Even though the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane scored an imposing 65 points on Saturday, the Coffee Trojans still came out on top. Coffee snuck past Fitzgerald with a 71-65 win. The win made it back-to-back wins for Coffee.
Junitho Benson was the offensive standout of the game as he scored 21 points along with 7 rebounds and 6 assists. That makes it two consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Coffee's points. Another player making a difference was Jeremiah Bazell, who scored 12 points.
Coffee's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Fitzgerald, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-3.
Coffee will be playing at home against Tift County at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Fitzgerald will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Bleckley County at 7:30 p.m. on December 12th.
