The Belleview Rattlers's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their seventh straight defeat. They had to suffer through a rough 69-35 loss at the hands of South Sumter. While losing is never fun, Belleview can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 698th, while the Raiders are ranked 292nd).
Several Rattlers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Demarcus Mcdaniel, who scored nine points.
Belleview's defeat was their tenth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-20. As for South Sumter, their victory bumped their record up to 13-10.
Belleview will take on the Hurricanes at TBD on Tuesday. As for South Sumter, they and the Tigers will face off at 4:30 p.m. on February 6th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Hopefully Dunnellon focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Friday.
