Fort Myers lost against Lely back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Fort Myers Green Wave were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 72-71 to the Lely Trojans. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (63), the Green Wave still had to take the loss.
12/17/24 vs Bonita Springs | 19 |
01/30/25 vs Lely | 25 |
01/21/25 vs Naples | 20 |
12/19/24 @ Ida Baker | 18 |
01/23/25 @ Palmetto Ridge | 17 |
Despite the loss, Fort Myers still got an impressive performance from James Michel, who went 9 of 19 en route to 25 points and seven assists. Those 25 points gave Michel a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Aiden Hardy, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 11 points and five boards.
Fort Myers' loss dropped their record down to 12-11. As for Lely, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-12 record this season.
Fort Myers didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 72-58 defeat against Lehigh on the 31st. As for Lely, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 67-58 win against Canterbury on the 31st.
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