The East Ridge Knights and the Ocoee Knights squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but sadly the East Ridge Knights had to settle for second. They were dealt a 71-34 defeat at the hands of the Knights. While losing is never fun, East Ridge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 599th, while Ocoee is ranked 77th).
East Ridge lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Braden Simmons, who scored five points along with six rebounds.
East Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 2-24. As for Ocoee, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-8.
East Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Ocoee is on the road again on Thursday and plays Lake Brantley at 5:30 p.m. on February 8th. Hopefully Lake Brantley focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 last Friday.
