South Plantation waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They secured a 72-68 W over the Central Cobras.
01/25/25 vs Central | 24 |
01/24/25 vs Jackson | 19 |
01/23/25 @ Piper | 17 |
01/20/25 vs Taravella | 17 |
01/18/25 vs Dr. Joaquin Garcia | 15 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead South Plantation to victory, but perhaps none more so than Travis Chin, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 11 assists. The contest was Chin's eighth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Lathan Coleman, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and ten rebounds.
Chin wasn't the only one working in the assists department: South Plantation was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Central only posted eight assists.
Several Cobras players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Joseph Gayle, who went 6 for 14 on his way to 24 points in addition to seven boards and four steals. That was a full 35.3% of Central's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. Christopher Maxon was another key player, putting up 13 points.
South Plantation is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.6 points per game. As for Central, they moved to 14-8 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
South Plantation does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Central has also already played their next match, a 115-78 victory against Cornerstone Charter Academy on the 27th.
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