Recap: Cocoa Beach Minutemen vs. Merritt Island Mustangs
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but the Cocoa Beach Minutemen ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They slipped by Merritt Island 70-69. Winning may never get old, but Cocoa Beach sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
It was another big night for Jay Matthews, who dropped a double-double on 32 points and 10 rebounds. That makes it five consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Cocoa Beach's points. Another player making a difference was Max Louis, who dropped a double-double on 10 points and 14 rebounds.
Merritt Island's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jayce Brandes, who scored 13 points along with 7 rebounds and 5 steals. Hudsom Blank was another key contributor, scoring 25 points along with 7 rebounds.
Cocoa Beach now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Merritt Island, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-6.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cocoa Beach will face off against Brevard Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Merritt Island's road trip will continue as they head out to face Eau Gallie at 7:30 p.m. on December 8th. Hopefully Eau Gallie focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Thursday.
