Basketball Recap: Ocoee Comes Up Short

Knights

Previous 5 Games

12/28/24 vs Fort Lauderdale	52-54
12/27/24 @ Mary Persons	72-57
12/26/24 vs Worth County	61-54
12/18/24 vs Horizon	84-62
12/17/24 @ Apopka	56-57

Ocoee suffered their closest loss since November 26, 2024 on Saturday. They fell just short of the Fort Lauderdale Flying L by a score of 54-52. The Knights' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Reggie Cleveland continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Fort Lauderdale, dropping a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Cleveland a new career-high in steals (five). Rawle Farose was another key player, putting up ten points.

Ocoee's loss dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Fort Lauderdale, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.

Ocoee will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Altamonte Christian at 7:00 p.m. on January 16th. Fort Lauderdale also won't see the court for a while: their next contest is against Taravella at 7:30 p.m. on January 9th.