The Atlantic Coast Stingrays lost against the Mandarin Mustangs back in December of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The match between the two teams wasn't particularly close, with Atlantic Coast falling 64-49. They have not had much luck with Mandarin recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Atlantic Coast lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being JP Pearson, who scored 17 points. Malik Aker was another key contributor, scoring eight points.
Atlantic Coast's loss was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which bumped their record down to 1-16. As for Mandarin, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-5.
Atlantic Coast will head out on the road to challenge First Coast at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. First Coast presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Atlantic Coast in Florida (First Coast is ranked 218th, while Atlantic Coast is ranked 679th). As for Mandarin, they will square off against Viera at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
