The Marco Island Academy Rays lost against the Cypress Lake Panthers back in December of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. Marco Island Academy was dealt a 53-25 loss at the hands of Cypress Lake. Marco Island Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Cypress Lake's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Lilly Witz, who scored 12 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Grosshuesch, who scored 11 points.
Marco Island Academy bumped their record down to 2-6 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 24.2 points per game. As for Cypress Lake, their victory bumped their record up to 8-4.
Marco Island Academy will look to defend their home court on Monday against North Fort Myers at 5:00 p.m. North Fort Myers is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak. Cypress Lake is on the road again on Tuesday and play against Dunbar at 7:00 p.m. on January 9th. Dunbar will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 623rd, while Cypress Lake is ranked 282nd).
