Cocoa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 66-51 bruising from the Lake Minneola Hawks. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 600th, while the Hawks are ranked 145th).
Brandon Colbert continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lake Minneola, going 9 for 11 on his way to 22 points in addition to six rebounds and four steals. Colbert's afternoon made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Eric Glover, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 12 points.
Cocoa's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Lake Minneola, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-3.
Cocoa will look to defend their home court on Monday against Viera at 7:00 p.m. As for Lake Minneola, they will head out to take on Horizon at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
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