The Plantation Colonels and TERRA Environmental will round out the year against one another at at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Plantation was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 69-68 to St. Mary's.
Meanwhile, TERRA Environmental made easy work of South Miami on Thursday and carried off an 81-61 win. Given TERRA Environmental's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 304th, while South Miami is ranked 642nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Plantation better keep an eye on Mateo Baron. He was instrumental in TERRA Environmental's win, going 13 for 28 on his way to 34 points in addition to five assists and five steals. The contest was Baron's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Paul Fabian, who went 5 of 9 on his way to 13 points.
TERRA Environmental was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Plantation has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-7 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.6 points per game. As for TERRA Environmental, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
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