If Yulee was feeling good fresh off their 71-45 takedown of Harvest Community last Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Yulee Hornets took a 53-41 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Fernandina Beach Pirates on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 351st, while the Pirates are ranked 152nd).
Despite the loss, Yulee saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Chase Cannone went 5 of 10 en route to 12 points. Keeton Tomasko was another key player, putting up seven points.
Jake Aronowitz was his usual excellent self, going 9 for 14 on his way to 21 points in addition to six boards and three steals for Fernandina Beach. The matchup was Aronowitz's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jesse Basse, who went 6 of 15 en route to 14 points and eight rebounds.
Yulee's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-9. As for Fernandina Beach, the victory (which was their tenth in a row) raised their record to 17-6.
Yulee will square off against Raines at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Raines' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four contests. As for Fernandina Beach, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 62-27 win against Duval Charter on the 1st.
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