The Coral Reef Barracudas will take on the Ferguson Falcons on Wednesday.
Coral Reef easily dispatched Miami Beach on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Coral Reef fell just short of Reagan by a score of 51-49 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Barracudas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Bison are ranked 102nd).
Coral Reef's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Corey Gellineau, who went 6 for 12 on his way to 17 points, and Gianmarco Altare, who posted 13 points. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Charlot, who scored seven points and three steals.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Ferguson had no problem doing just that on Monday. They snuck past the Cavaliers with a 58-52 win.
Ferguson has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-17 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.7 points per game. As for Coral Reef, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-10.
Coral Reef lost to Ferguson on the road by a decisive 64-47 margin in their previous matchup back in December of 2022. Thankfully for Coral Reef, Jordan Gonzalez (who went 14 of 25 en route to 30 points in addition to six rebounds and three steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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