Palm Bay scored the most points they've had all season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They took a 77-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Deltona Wolves. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Monday (55), the Pirates still had to take the loss.
Several Pirates players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Deuel ?Junior? Fider, who went 6 for 13 en route to 15 points plus five rebounds and two steals. The dominant performance also gave Fider a new career-high in offensive rebounds (three). Kamari Nesmith was another key player, going 5 for 9 en route to 13 points plus seven rebounds.
Even though they lost, Palm Bay was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Xavier Cerrud was his usual excellent self, going 10 for 21 en route to 24 points plus two steals for Deltona. Cerrud is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Al Pena, who went 5 for 7 en route to 12 points plus two steals.
Palm Bay is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-3. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Deltona, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-3 record.
Palm Bay wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 62-50 victory against Cocoa on the 2nd. As for Deltona, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Pine Ridge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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