The Lake Minneola Hawks lost against the Jones Fightin' Tigers back in January of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. Lake Minneola opened the new year with a less-than-successful 56-51 defeat to they. They have not had much luck with Jones recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Lake Minneola's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Alvin Colbert, who scored 14 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Colbert has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Daishaun Davis, who scored 12 points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Jones to victory, but perhaps none more so than Keishaun Robinson, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 18 rebounds. Robinson is absolutely dominating the rebound category: he's posted at least eight every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Buckley, who scored 17 points along with five rebounds.
Lake Minneola now has a losing record at 6-7. As for Jones, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-8.
Lake Minneola won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against East Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on January 5th. East Ridge comes in still looking for their first win of the season. As for Jones, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Boone at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Boone is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 52.4 points per game.
