Basketball Preview: Cocoa Beach Minutemen vs. Bayside Bears
The Cocoa Beach Minutemen will take on the Bayside Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Bayside better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Cocoa Beach really get things going. Cocoa Beach blew past Odyssey Charter School 37-14 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Minutemen have posted since January 24th.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bayside). They claimed a resounding 59-18 victory over Eau Gallie.
Bayside's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Angelina Spence led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 12 points and nine assists. Spence is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 25 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Christina Buigues, who scored 13 points along with six steals.
Bayside was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
The win made it two in a row for Cocoa Beach and bumps their season record up to 2-3. As for Bayside, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Cocoa Beach suffered a grim 62-36 defeat to Bayside in their previous meeting back in January of 2023. Can Cocoa Beach avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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