Even though the Weeki Wachee Hornets scored an imposing 62 points on Tuesday, the Citrus Hurricanes still came out on top. Citrus walked away with a 70-62 win over Weeki Wachee. With that win, Citrus brought their scoring average up to 54.3 points per game.
Landon Gibbs was the offensive standout of the game as he dropped a double-double on 16 points and 26 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Cryston Lofton, who scored 16 points along with 5 rebounds.
Despite the loss, Weeki Wachee still got an impressive performance from Isaac Priester, who scored 32 points along with 7 rebounds and 7 blocks. Priester scored a full 51.6% of Weeki Wachee's points, the sixth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Steven Martin, who scored 7 points along with 5 rebounds.
Citrus' win bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Weeki Wachee, they still haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-6.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Citrus will square off against West Port at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. West Port presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Citrus in Florida (West Port is ranked 252nd, while Citrus is ranked 587th). Weeki Wachee won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Hernando at 7:30 p.m. on December 6th. Hopefully Hernando focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 25 on Tuesday.
