The Hardee Wildcats beat the Candlelight Christian Academy Flames 56-49 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
Candlelight Christian Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Jenxel Beltran-Cepeda, who went 8-for-11 en route to 19 points and four steals, and Gabriel Coste, who almost dropped a double-double with nine points and 13 rebounds. Coste has been hot, having posted 11 or more boards the last six times he's played.
The win got Hardee back to even at 12-12. As for Candlelight Christian Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-4.
Hardee does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Candlelight Christian Academy, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 55-45 defeat against Winter Haven Christian on the 30th.
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