Basketball Game Preview: Cocoa Beach Minutemen vs. Palm Bay Pirates

The Cocoa Beach Minutemen will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Palm Bay Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Cocoa Beach is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after starting their season on the road. They took a 61-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of Merritt Island.

Cocoa Beach's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 0-1. As for Palm Bay, they've got a clean slate. Last year, they had a phenomenal run, finishing with a superb 24-6 record.

Cocoa Beach was dealt a bruising 73-28 loss at the hands of Palm Bay when the teams last played back in January of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Cocoa Beach was down 38-15.

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