It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Fort Myers can now relate to. They were dealt a 76-27 defeat at the hands of the Port Charlotte Pirates on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 391st, while the Pirates are ranked 53rd).
Fort Myers lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Taylor Hargrove, who posted four points and five rebounds. Skye Douglas was another key player, putting up four points in addition to five boards and three steals.
Leading Port Charlotte to victory were Hailey Cohen and Jesslymar Santa. Cohen went 9 of 15 en route to 22 points along with seven rebounds and seven steals, while Santa went 9 for 19 to rack up 21 points and eight boards. Cohen continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Maggie Parent, who went 5 for 6 on her way to 10 points.
Fort Myers dropped their record down to 11-16 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Port Charlotte, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-7.
Fort Myers does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Port Charlotte, they will be playing in front of their home fans against North Fort Myers at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Port Charlotte is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.6 points per game this season.
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