Cocoa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They fell 51-38 to the Knott County Central Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 639th in Florida, while the Patriots are ranked 106th in Kentucky).
Cocoa's defeat dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Knott County Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Cocoa will face off against Space Coast at 7:00 p.m. on January 6th. Knott County Central has already played their next matchup (against Betsy Layne), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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