Basketball Recap: Palm Beach Gardens Gators vs. Benjamin Buccaneers
There's no place like home for Palm Beach Gardens, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They walked away with a 63-50 victory over the Benjamin Buccaneers on Thursday. This was payback for the Gators, who suffered a 59-42 loss the last time these two teams met.
Leading Palm Beach Gardens to victory were Christian Laurore and Jordan Johnson. Laurore scored 14 points plus eight rebounds, while Johnson scored 12 points plus five rebounds and two steals. Enorck Vincent was another key player, earning 13 points in addition to five rebounds.
Palm Beach Gardens was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Benjamin only racked up nine.
Benjamin lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Logan Buchanan, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 14 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Buchanan a new career-high in assists (three). Another player making a difference was Drew Buchanan, who had 12 points in addition to three steals.
The win got Palm Beach Gardens back to even at 1-1.
Palm Beach Gardens has already played their next game, an 80-66 victory against Cardinal Newman on the 25th. As for Benjamin, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 63-55 defeat against Grandview Prep on the 22nd.
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