Basketball Preview: North Miami Beach Chargers vs. Central Rockets
The North Miami Beach Chargers will head out on the road to take on the Central Rockets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. North Miami Beach is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.7 points per game this season.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row dating back to last season, North Miami Beach finally turned things around against Cushman on Thursday. They took down the Cougars 49-30. The Chargers pushed the score to 39-19 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cougars cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead North Miami Beach to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jephte Noel, who went 5 for 10 en route to 12 points plus three steals. The dominant performance also gave Noel a new career-high in threes (two). Another player making a difference was Taniel Louis-Jeune, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Central, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They blew past Somerset Academy (Silver Palms) 62-41 on Thursday.
It was another big night for Justin Suarez, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Marlon Gaitan, who went 5 for 9 en route to 14 points.
Central smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
North Miami Beach's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Central, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: North Miami Beach has crashing the boards this season, having averaged 31.7 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Central struggles in that department as they've been averaging 24. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge.
North Miami Beach ended up a good deal behind Central in their previous matchup back in January, losing 73-58. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Suarez, who went 10 for 17 en route to 25 points plus six rebounds. Now that North Miami Beach knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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