The Coral Gables Cavaliers were the 69-53 winner over the Southridge Spartans when they last played one another back in November of 2018, but their luck changed this time around. Coral Gables ended up on the wrong side of a tough 69-47 walloping at the hands of Southridge on Tuesday.
Coral Gables' loss came despite strong showings from Gabriel Chang and Marcellis Williams. Chang scored 20 points, while Williams scored 14 points along with five rebounds. Chang has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Cristian Andres Paredes, who scored seven points along with two steals.
Coral Gables' loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-7. As for Southridge, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 10-10.
Coral Gables will be playing in front of their home fans against Dade Christian at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Dade Christian will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 428th, while Coral Gables is ranked 161st). As for Southridge, they will head out on the road to take on Columbus at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Columbus is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
