Long Beach lost to West Harrison back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Bearcats took a 50-41 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hurricanes. While losing is never fun, the Bearcats can’t take it too hard given the team’s big disadvantage in MaxPreps’ Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Hurricanes are ranked seventh).
Several Bearcats players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Keveun Smyers, who shot 45% from the field on his way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Donovan Magee, who almost dropped a double-double with nine points and ten boards.
Logan Robinson was his usual excellent self, going 7-for-14 en route to 16 points along with six rebounds and six steals for West Harrison. Thanks to that strong game, Robinson now owns an excellent 45.1% field goal percentage. De’Andre Weston was another key player, putting up 11 points.
Long Beach now has a losing record of 8-9. As for West Harrison, they pushed their record up to 14-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home.
Coming up, Long Beach will venture away from home to take on Gulfport at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for West Harrison, they will host Hancock at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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