{"id":87760,"date":"2025-12-18T08:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T08:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87760\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T08:10:08","slug":"edwin-flash-gibson-and-oscar-oj-joseph-secure-win-for-westwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87760\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin &#8216;Flash&#8217; Gibson and Oscar &#8216;OJ&#8217; Joseph Secure Win for Westwood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:1\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/fl\/fort-pierce\/westwood-panthers\/basketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Westwood<\/a> was handed  a  34-point  loss in their previous outing, but that didn&#8217;t affect their clutch gene  on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with  a  59-56  victory over the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/fl\/port-st-lucie\/port-st-lucie-jaguars\/basketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Port St. Lucie Jaguars<\/a>. While the Panthers didn&#8217;t have the best season last year (they finished 12-15), it&#8217;s starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"IDe03693477852405c9aae802180cc040d\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:24px;\" class=\"infosentience-float-left \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766045408_329_original.jpg\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display=\" none=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"IDaacece20d7844baba3e03ae1b4e1f2ba\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:12px;font-family:Siro-Semibold,Siro;font-size:16px !important;font-weight:500;\" class=\"infosentience-standard-text infosentience-float-left \" tabindex=\"-1\"> Edwin &#8216;Flash&#8217; Gibson<\/p>\n<p>12\/11\/25 vs Port St. Lucie611\/20\/25 vs Lincoln Park Academy412\/10\/25 vs Suncoast311\/18\/25 vs Synergy Magnet K12301\/14\/25 vs South Fork3<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:2\">Leading Westwood to victory were <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/fl\/fort-pierce\/westwood-panthers\/athletes\/oscar-oj-joseph\/?careerid=b3t91bvdej1l5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Oscar &#8216;OJ&#8217; Joseph<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/fl\/fort-pierce\/westwood-panthers\/athletes\/edwin-flash-gibson\/?careerid=ljp2s16rru1ee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Edwin &#8216;Flash&#8217; Gibson<\/a>.  Joseph  shot 47% from the field to rack up 18 points and seven  boards, while  Gibson  posted eight  points in addition to six  assists and four  steals. Those  six  assists gave  Gibson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/fl\/fort-pierce\/westwood-panthers\/athletes\/keith-4k-seme\/?careerid=vov7gj1r58p44\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Keith &#8216;4K&#8217; Seme<\/a>, who  put up seven points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:3\"> Westwood  smashed the offensive glass and  finished the game with 13  offensive boards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Port St. Lucie only  pulled down five  offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:4\"> When it comes to explaining why Port St. Lucie lost, don&#8217;t look at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/fl\/port-st-lucie\/port-st-lucie-jaguars\/athletes\/daniel-alexis\/?careerid=bk7qgvb2f5j99\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Daniel Alexis<\/a>. Despite the final result, he  went 5-for-10  on his way to 17  points along with six  rebounds and four  blocks. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/fl\/port-st-lucie\/port-st-lucie-jaguars\/athletes\/illisha-johnson\/?careerid=2kup48c656199\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Illisha Johnson<\/a> also deserves some recognition as  he  posted his first  block of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:5\">Westwood&#8217;s win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Port St. Lucie, they have  been struggling recently as they&#8217;ve  lost four of their last five games. That&#8217;s put a noticeable dent in their 4-5 record  this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:6\"> Coincidentally, Westwood and Port St. Lucie will both be playing Tradition Prep the next time they take the court. The Jaguars will head out to face the Pirates at 7:00  p.m.  on Friday, while the Panthers will head out to face them  at 7:00  p.m.  on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Article generated by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/infosentience.com\/\">infoSentience<\/a> based on data entered on MaxPreps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Westwood was handed a 34-point loss in their previous outing, but that didn&#8217;t affect their clutch gene on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-87760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}