There's no place like home for the Pine Forest Eagles, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Friday. They secured a 59-55 W over Destin on Saturday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Leading Pine Forest to victory were J?Kosi Black and Maurice Smith. Black scored 12 points, while Smith scored 15 points along with six rebounds. Smith hasn't dropped below 15points for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Kayden Calderon, who scored seven points along with two steals.
Destin lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Bryson Nixon, who scored 16 points. Traiton Mauffray was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with six assists and three steals.
Pine Forest is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-9 record this season. As for Destin, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 10-9.
Pine Forest will be playing in front of their home fans against Choctawhatchee at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. As for Destin, Destin and Freeport will face off at 6:30 p.m. on January 22nd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Freeport is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
