The Westwood Longhorns will take on the Palm Beach Gardens Gators in a tournament on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Westwood fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Hilton Head Island on Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 76-66 to the Seahawks. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 238th in Tennessee, while the Seahawks are ranked 105th in South Carolina).
Meanwhile, Palm Beach Gardens came up short against Central last Friday and fell 74-62. The Gators haven't had much luck with the Cobras recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Westwood will need focus on slowing down Sam Thomas, one of several Palm Beach Gardens players who made an impact when they last played. He posted eight points and 13 rebounds. Montray Coley was another key player, putting up six points and eight rebounds.
Even though they lost, Palm Beach Gardens smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 17 offensive boards in three consecutive matches.
This is the second loss in a row for Westwood and nudges their season record down to 4-6. As for Palm Beach Gardens, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3.
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