Fort Myers rolls past Island Coast
Mark Matthews poured in a game-high 32 points Tuesday night to lead Fort Myers to a rout of Island Coast 77-47 on the Gators’ home court.
“We missed 16 free throws, which did not help,” said Gators coach Greg Coleman. “Turnovers weren’t a huge deal, but we could not get any open looks at all. They laid the defense on us pretty good. We could have done a better job of getting open, but didn’t try hard enough.”
The Gators only had one player reach double figures in scoring – Maurice Flournoy with 10 points.
“Gotta give Fort Myers credit for their defense tonight,” added Coleman.
The Gators (6-4) host East Lee County Thursday night.
Two games on the schedule were postponed. One of those, Lely at Mariner, was rescheduled for Jan. 10 due to testing week in Collier County schools. The Tritons, ranked No. 3 in the state in Class 5A, face No. 1 Cardinal Gibbons Thursday night at Bishop Verot in the City of Palms Classic.
Girls Basketball
The other was North Fort Myers at Cape Coral. That game was rescheduled for Jan. 5. The Seahawks play at Fort Myers Thursday and host Immokalee on Friday.
Boys Soccer
DeSoto County 3, Mariner 2: Mariner had a one-goal lead twice Tuesday night, but ultimately gave up the game winning goal with about 10 minutes remaining in a loss to DeSoto County.
Joey Lane put the Tritons on the scoreboard first off an assist from Trevor Jurkowski. DeSoto tied the game with an own goal off a corner kick to send the game into the second half at 1-1.
Erick Rivera put the Tritons up 2-1 with a penalty kick early in the second half only to have DeSoto tie the game again on a penalty kick of its own.
DeSoto scored the game-winner later in the second half.
The Tritons (10-2-2) host their invitational on Friday and Saturday at Tony McKenna Field.
Girls Soccer
Island Coast 8, East Lee County 0: Freshman Riley Hare led Island Coast with a three-goal hat trick Tuesday night en route to a shutout win at East Lee County.
Madison Batha, Melissa Pineda, Jessica Berry, Nicol Carruega and Mikennze Ludwig each contributed one goal for the Gators. Goalkeeper Katelyn Hood made two saves to preserve the shutout.
The Gators (5-9-2) play Friday and Saturday in Mariner’s Tritons Invita-tional.