Miami Beach was the 63-60 winner over Central when they last played one another back in December of 2018, but their luck changed this time around. The Miami Beach Hi-Tides took a 71-56 bruising from the Central Rockets on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Hi-Tides can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 275th, while the Rockets are ranked 36th).
| 01/14/25 vs Central | 23 |
| 01/09/25 @ Coral Park | 16 |
| 12/19/24 @ Jackson | 18 |
| 12/18/24 @ Hebrew Academy | 37 |
| 12/17/24 vs Hialeah Gardens | 29 |
| 12/13/24 @ Key West | 16 |
Miami Beach lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Baptiste T, who posted 23 points. The game was T's sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Shirpsen Jean, who put up six points in addition to ten assists and seven boards.
Keri Foster continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Central, going 11 of 20 on his way to 23 points along with seven assists and three steals. Foster is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 16 or more in the last eight games he's played. Jeremy Smith was another key player, going 6 of 7 on his way to 14 points and eight rebounds.
Miami Beach now has a losing record at 6-7. As for Central, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2.
When Miami Beach and Central next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Miami Beach will try to stop Miami's four-game winning streak when the meet at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Miami Beach is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.9 points per game this season. Meanwhile, Central will try to stop Northwestern's four-game winning streak when the meet at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
