Basketball Preview: Coral Reef Barracudas vs. South Dade Buccaneers
After both having extra time off, the Coral Reef Barracudas and the South Dade Buccaneers will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Coral Reef will head into Thursday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Tuesday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed last Thursday was a bit more commanding. They had to suffer through a 100-63 loss at the hands of Palmetto. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Barracudas have suffered since December 21, 2023.
Coral Reef's loss came about despite a quality game from Corey Gellineau, who went 7 for 9 en route to 13 points plus six assists. The dominant performance gave Gellineau a new career-high in assists. Gianmarco Altare was another key player, going 5 for 6 en route to 10 points plus five assists.
Meanwhile, South Dade was fully in charge last Thursday, breezing past Southwest 68-35. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Buccaneers had established a 30 point advantage.
Coral Reef's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for South Dade, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Coral Reef strolled past South Dade in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 54-39. The rematch might be a little tougher for Coral Reef since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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