Long Beach came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They had to suffer through a 74-40 loss at the hands of the Biloxi Indians. The Bearcats have struggled against the Indians recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Long Beach lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Neveah Smith, who posted six points and five rebounds. Leroy Cameron was another key player, putting up eight points.
Carnellous Lenard was his usual excellent self, going 10-for-13 en route to 22 points and three steals for Biloxi. Thanks to that strong game, Lenard now owns an excellent 45.6% shooting accuracy. The team also got some help courtesy of Sevaun George, who scored ten points.
Long Beach’s loss dropped their record down to 10-16. As for Biloxi, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they’ve won nine of their last ten matchups. That’s provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season.
Long Beach will challenge Hancock at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The Bearcats will be up against the Hawks’ rather soft defense (which has allowed 52.21 points per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. Biloxi does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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