High school sports scores and top performers from Tuesday, Nov. 14 • Is Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz a fair comparison for Gators coach Billy Napier? | Analysis
 Sentinel Sports Final Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | | |
| | | | | The upside of the Magic's loss Tuesday in Brooklyn is that they've still won five of 10 games. It took them 25 to win five a year ago. So that means the Magic should win 2.5x as many games this season after winning 34. So in an 82-game season, they 're on pace to win 85. ... Mizzou showed why being patient pays off with sticking with Eli Drinkwitz and look at the Tigers in Year 4. But Gainesville ain't Columbia. ... Let's say UCF wins out from here. 4-5 in the Big 12 isn 't great but this is where context matters: They'd have a winning record, be bowl eligible and got to this point without a healthy John Rhys Plumlee for half the season. ... Is there anything worse than NFC South football? I mean, the Bucs are still talking about winning the division scoring less than 20 a game. There's more scoring at band camp. | | | | The Magic turned the ball over 16 times in Brooklyn on Tuesday, which led to 27 points for the Nets. Orlando has a quick turnaround as the team heads to Chicago for a matchup with the Bulls on Wednesday. | | | | | First day of the golf Class 1A State Finals. Bishop Moore, Timber Creek, Circle Christian, Horizon, First-Academy Leesburg and East Ridge had boys golf wins, while Tohopekaliga had a girls soccer win. | | | | | A contract extension and raise in November 2022 were surprising at the time, but proved to be a vote of confidence Eli Drinkwitz has rewarded with a breakout season at Missouri in Year 4. He was 17-19 before this season. The Tigers are 8-2 in 2023. | | | | | The quarterback, coming off his best performance since recovering from a knee injury, has shown an especially good touch on deep throws. "You can see he's getting healthier and it changes the dynamics — not just our offense but our whole team," said coach Gus Malzahn. | | | | | Magic rookie Anthony Black made his fourth start Tuesday night against the Nets. His teammates have noticed his confidence on the court. "I do like [that] he's got a little feistiness to him," Orlando center Moe Wagner said. "He talks a little smack sometimes which I like." | | | | | It's going to take some work for an Orlando area girls golf team to keep a 13-year streak of team titles alive on the final day of the FHSAA 1A state tournament at Mission Inn. Boys teams from The First Academy and Lake Mary Prep are in better position to claim a championship with 18 holes to go. | | | | | Jonas Johansson stopped 24 shots for Tampa Bay, which dropped to 6-6-4. Colton Parayko and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for the Blues (8-5-1), who have won three straight. | | | | | Tampa Bay started 4-5 a year ago, wound up with an 8-9 mark and still won the NFC South and the right to host the Cowboys in a wild-card game. This year, there's a path for a repeat. | | | | | After Florida missed 13 of 14 shots to open the game, Will Richards drained a 3-pointer to give the Gators a 9-7 lead and later made a layup to ignite UF's offense on his way to a season-high 20 points. | | | | | Remember back in August how the AFC East was considered the toughest division in football, how people wondered if they all could make the playoffs? The Dolphins are the only one standing right now. | | | | | Recruiting traffic has slowed during the spring, when coaches from all over the country would flock to Central Florida to scout the talent. Now, much of their attention is on the transfer portal list. | | | | | Hurricanes wide receiver Jacolby George is becoming a go-to weapon for Miami's quarterbacks this season. | | | |
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