It was a proper cat-fight when Pensacola challenged Clay-Chalkville on Friday. The Pensacola Tigers lost to the Clay-Chalkville Cougars on the road by a 58-41 margin. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 518th in Florida, while the Cougars are ranked 26th in Alabama).
| 12/20/24 vs Clay-Chalkville | 14 |
| 12/17/24 vs West Florida | 11 |
| 12/06/24 @ Booker T. Washington | 5 |
| 12/12/24 @ Foley | 3 |
| 12/10/24 @ Tate | 3 |
Despite the loss, Pensacola still got an impressive performance from Jamarcuz Fountain, who went 6 for 7 on his way to 14 points. The dominant performance gave Fountain a new career-high in points. Noah Jones was another key player, putting up five points in addition to seven rebounds and five steals.
Pensacola has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-7 record this season. As for Clay-Chalkville, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-5.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Pensacola will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Tate at 7:30 p.m. on January 7, 2025. Pensacola is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.2 points per game this season. As for Clay-Chalkville, they will be taking part in a tournament against Spain Park at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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