Ocoee entered their matchup against Haines City on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Ocoee Knights fell just short of the Haines City Hornets by a score of 62-59. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (56), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Ocoee still got an impressive performance from Dakara Merthie, who went 17 for 24 on her way to 44 points. That was a full 74.6% of Ocoee's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. Kylie Holden was another key player, putting up six points and seven rebounds.
Haines City was led to victory by Zebrielle Canaday and Delyana Morris. Canaday went 6 of 13 on her way to 18 points and four steals, while Morris dropped a double-double on 13 points and 11 rebounds. Canaday has been hot recently, having posted four or more steals the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Soleil DeJesus, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine boards.
Ocoee's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-3. As for Haines City, they pushed their record up to 11-5 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Ocoee wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 76-69 victory against Oak Ridge on the 9th. As for Haines City, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 81-13 win against Sebring on the 9th.
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