Basketball Recap: Edgewater's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Wednesday

Eagles

Previous 5 Games

01/22/25 @ Colonial	39-56
01/21/25 @ Boone	70-33
01/17/25 vs Winter Park	46-39
01/14/25 @ Olympia	59-15
01/13/25 @ Lake Minneola	64-29

After a string of seven wins, Edgewater's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They lost to the Colonial Grenadiers on the road by a 56-39 margin. The Eagles lost against the Grenadiers in their previous head to head back in January of 2018, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 71-32 score last time.

Colonial can attribute much of their success to Yaneli Pedraza, who went 5 for 11 en route to 17 points. The dominant performance gave Pedraza a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Erialys Lopez, who posted nine points in addition to five rebounds and five steals.

Edgewater's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-6. As for Colonial, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-11.

It'll be a Battle of the Birds when the Edgewater Eagles take on the Horizon Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Colonial, they will take on Central Florida Christian Academy at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.