The Pembroke Pines Charter Jaguars entered their tilt with the Cooper City Cowboys with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Pembroke Pines Charter walked away with a 65-55 win over Cooper City on Thursday. Given Pembroke Pines Charter's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 28th, while Cooper City is ranked 262nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pembroke Pines Charter's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jeremy Elyzee led the charge by dropping a double-double on 21 points and 14 rebounds. The match was Elyzee's 16th in a row with at least ten points. Ramez Zayed was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Pembroke Pines Charter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. As for Cooper City, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7.
Pembroke Pines Charter will square off against Norland at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Norland focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Thursday. As for Cooper City, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Stoneman Douglas at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
