Heritage played a tough contest on Wednesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 77-54 to the St. Cloud Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 502nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 102nd).
Diomar Ortiz produced another solid performance dropping a double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds for St. Cloud. The dominant performance also gave Ortiz a new career-high in blocks (four). Another player making a difference was Elias Torres, who posted ten points in addition to eight assists and five boards.
Heritage now has a losing record of 4-5. As for St. Cloud, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-1.
Coming up, Heritage will challenge Space Coast at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for the Panthers and four for the Vipers. As for St. Cloud, they will square off against Harmony at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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