Basketball Recap: Cocoa Tigers vs. Forest Wildcats
Cocoa extended their winning streak to five games thanks to a huge performance from Gianna Conklin-Jones. The Cocoa Tigers strolled past the Forest Wildcats with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 58-42 thanks in part to Conklin-Jones, who went 8 for 19 en route to 20 points plus seven rebounds and six assists. Conklin-Jones is also crushing it when it comes to steals: she's grabbed at least two every time she's taken the court this season.
Another player making a difference was Sophia Bass, who scored 19 points. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (38%).
Cocoa was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Several Wildcats players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jiyah Hamilton, who went 6 for 10 en route to 14 points plus eight assists and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Janaina Wess, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Cocoa's win bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Forest, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Cocoa will take on Satellite at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cocoa is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.4 points per game this season. Forest has already played their next contest, a 58-51 victory against Victory Christian Academy on the 29th.
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