Celebration played a tough contest on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They were outmatched by the St. Cloud Bulldogs and fell 58-29. While losing is never fun, the Storm can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 444th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 46th).
Celebration's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Edson Oliveira Da Silva, who posted ten points and eight rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Nicholas Edouard, who earned six points and nine boards.
St. Cloud can attribute much of their success to Diomar Ortiz, who went 7 for 15 en route to 17 points. Those 17 points gave Ortiz a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Elias Torres, who had seven points and three steals.
Celebration's defeat was their sixth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 9-14. As for St. Cloud, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 20-3.
Celebration will head out to take on Osceola at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Osceola will roll in looking for their 15th straight win, something Celebration surely won't give up without a fight. As for St. Cloud, they will face off against Eau Gallie at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Cloud is facing Eau Gallie at the right time seeing as Eau Gallie is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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