Merritt Island suffered their biggest loss since December 12, 2024 on Wednesday. They lost 76-55 to the Rockledge Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 522nd, while the Raiders are ranked 226th).
Rockledge found their leader in sophomore Brady Kearns, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and ten boards. The dominant performance gave Kearns a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Damien Bryant, who went 6 for 10 on his way to 13 points and six assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Merritt Island and nudges their season record down to 7-9. As for Rockledge, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season.
Merritt Island has already played their next game (against Merritt Island Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Rockledge will be taking part in a tournament against Titusville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rockledge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.8 points per game this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
