After flying high against Calvary Christian Academy last Friday, Keys Gate came back down to earth. The Keys Gate Knights lost to the Cypress Bay Lightning on the road by a 55-39 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 294th, while the Lightning are ranked 61st).
Cypress Bay found their leader in sophomore Ellie McKinney, who went 10 of 15 en route to 21 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave McKinney a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Danielle Oz, who posted 14 points and eight rebounds.
Keys Gate's loss dropped their record down to 4-8. As for Cypress Bay, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-2.
Keys Gate will challenge Northwestern at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Northwestern's defense has only allowed 29.8 points per game this season, so Keys Gate's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Cypress Bay, they will face off against South Plantation at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cypress Bay has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
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