If the Flanagan Falcons were riding high off their 48-13 takedown of the Fort Lauderdale Flying L's on Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Flanagan ended up on the wrong side of a tough 60-35 walloping at the hands of Dillard on Tuesday. Flanagan has struggled against Dillard recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Gabrielle Palmer and D?Naela Myers certainly did their best on Tuesday to try and avoid the loss. Palmer scored 12 points along with five rebounds, while Myers dropped a double-double on 16 points and 20 rebounds. Myers scored a full 45.7% of Flanagan's points, the fifth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Flanagan's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Dillard, their victory bumped their record up to 3-4.
Flanagan will be playing in front of their home fans against Everglades at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Everglades will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 487th, while Flanagan is ranked 242nd). Dillard won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Piper at 4:30 p.m. on December 13th. Piper has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
