The Coral Shores Hurricanes are taking a road trip to take on TERRA Environmental at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
On Friday, Coral Shores came up short against Marathon and fell 53-42.
Meanwhile, TERRA Environmental earned a 74-63 win over Mourning on Thursday. Given TERRA Environmental's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 283rd, while Mourning is ranked 647th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Coral Shores better focus on containing Nick Merlo and Mateo Baron as the pair were huge in TERRA Environmental's win. Merlo dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 boards, while Baron dropped a double-double on 20 points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance gave Baron a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was Raul Hernandez, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten boards.
TERRA Environmental smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive boards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive rebound total in three consecutive contests.
TERRA Environmental has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for Coral Shores, they dropped their record down to 4-13 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Coral Shores was dealt a bruising 64-30 defeat at the hands of TERRA Environmental when the teams last played back in November of 2014. Thankfully for Coral Shores, Hunter Swihart (who went 9 for 18 en route to 24 points and five steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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