It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Wellington can now relate to. They lost to the Palm Beach Gardens Gators on the road by a 46-27 margin on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Wolverines can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 269th, while the Gators are ranked 101st).
Latasha Whyte continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Palm Beach Gardens, dropping a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which Whyte has scored at least a third of Palm Beach Gardens' points. Another player making a difference was Brandi Brown, who posted five points along with five boards and three steals.
Wellington has traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-11 record this season. As for Palm Beach Gardens, they pushed their record up to 13-9 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
As of now, neither Wellington nor Palm Beach Gardens have any future games scheduled.
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