Basketball Recap: JOLENA GARDNER's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Columbia over Florida State University High School

By Team Reports Dec 9, 2024, 7:42am

Basketball Recap: Columbia Tigers vs. Florida State University High School Seminoles

Columbia lost against Florida State University High School back in November of 2021, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Columbia Tigers took a 53-37 bruising from the Florida State University High School Seminoles. The contest marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Columbia lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being JOLENA GARDNER, who scored 11 points along with seven rebounds and two blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of MARIAH COX, who had six points plus three steals.

Florida State University High School was led to victory by Makiyah McHenry and Traniha Jackson. McHenry scored 21 points, while Jackson had 14 points. Another player making a difference was Christal Collins, who posted seven points.

Columbia dropped their record down to 2-4 with the loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Florida State University High School, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-3.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Columbia will venture away from home to challenge Branford at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Branford is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.2 points per game this season. Florida State University High School has already played their next matchup (against Columbia), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.

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