King was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They came up short against the Bloomingdale Bulls, falling 66-43. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 685th, while the Bulls are ranked 218th).
Several Lions players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Nuri Hakim, who went 6 of 15 on his way to 14 points and seven boards. Another player making a difference was Rodney Smith, who posted nine points and six steals.
King's loss dropped their record down to 3-16. As for Bloomingdale, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
King has already played their next game (against Spoto), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Bloomingdale will venture away from home to face off against Seffner Christian at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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