Durant lost against Blake back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Durant Cougars had to suffer through a 90-50 loss at the hands of the Blake Yellow Jackets. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 544th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 28th).
Durant lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Matthew Suarez, who posted 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Niko Sosa, who scored seven points and six rebounds.
Blake was led to victory by Joshua Lewis and Jordan Mickens. Lewis went 6 for 9 en route to 17 points and eight assists, while Mickens made all 7 shots he took racking up 14 points and five assists. The dominant performance gave Lewis a new career-high in assists. TJ Daniels was another key player, putting up nine points and four steals.
Durant's loss was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-17. Their recent woes sure aren't a result of their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 31.6% in those games and 25.8% outside of them. As for Blake, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-3.
Durant and Strawberry Crest will face off at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday without much rest having both just played. Strawberry Crest will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Durant surely won't give up without a fight. As for Blake, they will face off against Plant City at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Blake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 70.6 points per game this season.
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