Southeast lost against Cardinal Mooney back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The Southeast Seminoles took a 69-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cardinal Mooney Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Seminoles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 243rd, while the Cougars are ranked 113th).
Southeast's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jamarri Bivens, who went 7 for 11 on his way to 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakyrin Smith, who posted 15 points.
Even though they lost, Southeast was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cardinal Mooney only racked up two assists.
Cardinal Mooney's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jamaal George led the charge by going 7 of 15 en route to 23 points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Sam Reindel, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Southeast and nudges their season record down to 10-6. As for Cardinal Mooney, the win (which was their 14th in a row) raised their record to 15-1.
Southeast will be playing at home against Palmetto at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Southeast is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.6 points per game this season. Cardinal Mooney has already played their next contest (against Imagine School at North Port), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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