Cocoa Beach and Merritt Island are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2018, but not for long. The Cocoa Beach Minutemen will head out on the road to take on the Merritt Island Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Cocoa Beach is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Merritt Island Christian on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Cocoa Beach lost 57-33 to Merritt Island Christian. The Minutemen have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Merritt Island had to suffer through a 55-23 loss at the hands of Edgewood. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Red Wolves recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Cocoa Beach will need focus on slowing down Lexie Overdorf, one of several Merritt Island players who made an impact when they last played. She posted six points along with seven rebounds and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexis Underwood, who had ten points and five steals.
Even though they lost, Merritt Island smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in four consecutive games.
Merritt Island's loss dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Cocoa Beach, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-12.
Cocoa Beach was able to grind out a solid victory over Merritt Island in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, winning 53-40. Does Cocoa Beach have another victory up their sleeve, or will Merritt Island turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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