If Ridgeview was riding high fresh off their 50-29 takedown of Menendez last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Ridgeview Panthers lost to the North Florida Educational Institute Fighting Eagles on the road by a 58-44 margin on Tuesday. The Panthers were down 49-26 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Ridgeview's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jamya Davis, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Davis a new career-high in offensive rebounds (six). Nacoya Blocton was another key player, going 5 for 11 en route to 15 points plus two blocks.
Ridgeview's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for North Florida Educational Institute, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Ridgeview is taking a road trip to square off against ED White at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. North Florida Educational Institute has already played their next contest (against Ridgeview), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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