Forest Hill entered their match against Palm Beach Gardens on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Forest Hill Falcons took a 77-59 bruising from the Palm Beach Gardens Gators. The defeat continues a trend for the Falcons in their matchups with the Gators: they've now lost three in a row.
Despite the loss, Forest Hill saw an underclassman step up: freshman Angel Ortiz scored 26 points. Tim Grice was another key player, earning eight points.
Palm Beach Gardens' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sam Thomas led the charge by scoring 17 points plus six rebounds and two steals. Another player making a difference was Montray Coley, who dropped a double-double on 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Forest Hill now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Palm Beach Gardens, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-1.
Forest Hill has already played their next game (against Palm Beach Gardens), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Palm Beach Gardens, they will welcome Oxbridge Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Palm Beach Gardens is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 69.2 points per game this season.
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