Basketball Recap: Fleming Island Now 5-1 over Last Six Games

It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Fleming Island ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They came out on top against the Providence School Stallions by a score of 53-43. This was payback for the Golden Eagles, who suffered a 63-28 loss the last time these two teams met.

Fleming Island found their leader in sophomore Carson Crawford, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 11 boards. Crawford has been hot recently, having posted ten or more rebounds the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Nate Lowery, who posted 12 points.

Despite the defeat, Providence School saw an underclassman step up: freshman William Stewart dropped a double-double on 14 points and 16 boards. Those 16 rebounds gave Stewart a new career-high. Ryan Gornto was another key player, putting up five points and five boards.

Fleming Island is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 32.1% in those games and 30.7% outside of them. As for Providence School, their loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 12-10.

Fleming Island didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 59-36 win against Wolfson on the 25th. Providence School has also already played their next contest, a 53-52 victory against Melbourne on the 25th.