It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Merritt Island can now relate to. They lost 55-29 to the Satellite Scorpions on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Scorpions: they've now lost seven in a row.
Maddy Motty
| 02/04/25 @ Satellite | 75% |
| 12/20/24 vs Astronaut | 60% |
| 12/13/23 vs Deltona | 40% |
| 01/16/25 vs Astronaut | 36% |
| 11/27/23 vs Cocoa Beach | 36% |
Merritt Island's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Maddy Motty, who posted six points, and Lexie Overdorf, who had four points and five rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Motty a new career-high in field goal percentage (75%). Chelsea Spizowski also deserves some recognition as she posted her first assist of the season.
Even though they lost, Merritt Island smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 13 consecutive matches.
Merritt Island's defeat dropped their record down to 3-17. As for Satellite, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season.
Merritt Island does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Satellite, they have already played their next contest, a 35-34 loss against Eau Gallie on the 6th.
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