It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact South Dade can now relate to. They took a hard 81-67 fall against the Palmetto Panthers on Wednesday. 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 300th, while the Panthers are ranked 99th).
Santiago Henriquez was his usual excellent self, going 17 of 25 on his way to 41 points along with seven assists and four steals for Palmetto. That makes it five consecutive games in which Henriquez has scored at least a third of Palmetto's points. Another player making a difference was Rafael Diaz, who went 7 for 9 en route to 20 points.
South Dade's defeat dropped their record down to 11-11. As for Palmetto, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season.
South Dade does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Palmetto, they will take on Coral Reef on Friday. Palmetto is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 72.6 points per game this season.
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