If Lake Gibson was feeling good fresh off their 65-35 takedown of Oasis Christian last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Lake Gibson Braves were outmatched by the Mulberry Panthers and fell 67-28. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 482nd, while the Panthers are ranked 108th).
Despite the loss, Lake Gibson still got an impressive performance from Jakhia Willis, who posted 12 points. Willis continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played.
Lorianys Castanon Cruz continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Mulberry, dropping a double-double on 46 points and ten boards. That makes it 15 consecutive games in which Castanon Cruz has scored at least a third of Mulberry's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alana Standifer, who put up six points in addition to 16 rebounds and three steals.
Lake Gibson's defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Mulberry, the victory was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-1.
Lake Gibson will square off against McKeel Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Mulberry has already played their next game, a 55-24 win against Bartow on the 30th.
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