Benjamin lost against Pine Crest on January 6th and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Benjamin Buccaneers took a 54-43 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pine Crest Panthers. 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 395th, while the Panthers are ranked 167th).
Despite the loss, Benjamin saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Logan Buchanan posted 12 points. Another player making a difference was Griffon Alterman, who earned eight points.
Rowan Hoffman continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Pine Crest, dropping a double-double on 20 points and 17 boards. That makes it three consecutive games in which Hoffman has scored at least a third of Pine Crest's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Karl Mullins, who had ten points in addition to seven assists and four steals.
This is the second loss in a row for Benjamin and nudges their season record down to 5-12. As for Pine Crest, their record is now 16-4.
Benjamin didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 49-46 victory against Palmer Trinity on the 25th. As for Pine Crest, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 77-76 defeat against Gulliver Prep on the 25th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
