Pace lost against Fort Walton Beach back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Pace Patriots lost 50-30 to the Fort Walton Beach Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Vikings are ranked 58th).
Grace Manor was Pace's leading scorer, having posted nine points. Kamryn Lay held things down on the boards with seven rebounds. Avery Mcbride took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
SaRuan Newton continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Fort Walton Beach, putting up 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexis Smith, who posted nine points.
Pace has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-13 record this season. As for Fort Walton Beach, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-8.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Pace has already played their next matchup (against Navarre), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Fort Walton Beach has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Bay.
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