After both having extra time off, the Coral Reef Barracudas and the South Dade Buccaneers will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Coral Reef will head into Thursday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Tuesday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed last Thursday was a bit more commanding. They had to suffer through a 100-63 loss at the hands of Palmetto. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Barracudas have suffered since December 21, 2023.
Coral Reef's loss came about despite a quality game from Corey Gellineau, who went 7 for 9 en route to 13 points plus six assists. The dominant performance gave Gellineau a new career-high in assists. Gianmarco Altare was another key player, going 5 for 6 en route to 10 points plus five assists.
Meanwhile, South Dade was fully in charge last Thursday, breezing past Southwest 68-35. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Buccaneers had established a 30 point advantage.
Coral Reef's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for South Dade, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Coral Reef strolled past South Dade in their previous meeting back in January by a score of 54-39. The rematch might be a little tougher for Coral Reef since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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