If South Miami was riding high fresh off their 76-53 takedown of JC Bermudez Doral last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The South Miami Cobras lost 83-58 to the American Patriots on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Cobras can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 566th, while the Patriots are ranked 107th).
Despite the loss, South Miami still got an impressive performance from Victor Dominguez, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 11 boards. Mehki Powell was another key player, putting up ten points.
Cobras
| 12/10/24 @ American | 14 |
| 12/05/24 vs Coral Park | 9 |
| 11/22/24 @ Southwest | 7 |
| 11/21/24 vs Sunset | 6 |
Even though they lost, South Miami was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Derrius Black continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for American, dropping a double-double on 22 points and 16 boards. The dominant performance gave Black a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was Angel Torres, who went 8 of 15 on his way to 19 points.
South Miami's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for American, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
South Miami will head out to face off against Killian at 7:30 p.m. on December 17th. South Miami is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.5 points per game this season. As for American, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, an 85-58 defeat against Southridge on the 12th.
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