Mainland suffered their biggest defeat since December 6, 2024 on Wednesday. They lost 74-54 to the Southern Coast Academy National Rams. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 212th, while the Rams are ranked 100th).
Mainland lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Beegie Gordon, who went 8 of 14 en route to 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kade Manley, who posted 13 points.
Mainland's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-7. As for Southern Coast Academy National, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Mainland has already played their next matchup, a 63-47 defeat against University Christian on the 10th. As for Southern Coast Academy National, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 96-88 victory against Westminster Academy on the 11th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
