Forest Hill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell 68-61 to the Royal Palm Beach Wildcats. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (59), the Falcons still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Forest Hill saw an underclassman step up: freshman Angel Ortiz went 8 for 20 en route to 25 points. That was a full 41% of Forest Hill's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Liunor Fernandez was another key player, earning 18 points.
Even though they lost, Forest Hill smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Royal Palm Beach only pulled down eight.
Leading Royal Palm Beach to victory were K'Nard Callendar and Jalique Smith. Callendar dropped a double-double on 24 points and 14 rebounds, while Smith went 7 for 10 en route to 23 points plus four steals and three blocks. Smith's evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyree Battle, who scored four points.
Forest Hill's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Royal Palm Beach, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-3.
Forest Hill wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 58-43 victory against Riviera Beach Preparatory and Achievement Academy on the 5th. As for Royal Palm Beach, they will square off against South Broward at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Royal Palm Beach has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 198 points over their last three contests.
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