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Palmetto Central

Panthers

Rockets

The Central (Miami, FL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Palmetto (Miami, FL) by a score of 59-53.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Palmetto	12	25	9	7	53
Central	17	13	18	11	59

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Central (24-25)

Palmetto

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	53	19	52	37	44
0	Rafael Diaz (Jr)	12	4	12	33	46
4	S. Madera (So)	3	1	1	100	100
5	Darren Ku (Jr)	8	2	3	67	83
12	Samfree Sarante (So)	5	2	12	17	21
14	S. Henriquez (Sr)	22	9	21	43	48
24	A. Jackson (Sr)	3	1	3	33	50

Central

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	24	52	46	52
1	Keri Foster (Sr)	3	1	10	10	15
3	Willie Dye III (Jr)	8	4	6	67	67
4	B. Gregoire (Sr)	4	2	7	29	29
5	Marlon Gaitan (Sr)	17	6	9	67	83
23	Justin Suarez (Sr)	23	9	17	53	59
34	Timothy Romer (Fr)	4	2	3	67	67

Palmetto

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	53	8	26	31	7	9	78	11	26	42
0	Rafael Diaz (Jr)	12	3	9	33	1	2	50	1	3	33
4	S. Madera (So)	3				1	2	50	1	1	100
5	Darren Ku (Jr)	8	1	2	50	3	3	100	1	1	100
12	Samfree Sarante (So)	5	1	5	20				1	7	14
14	S. Henriquez (Sr)	22	2	7	29	2	2	100	7	14	50
24	A. Jackson (Sr)	3	1	3	33

Central

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	6	11	55	5	5	100	18	41	44
1	Keri Foster (Sr)	3	1	1	100				0	9	0
3	Willie Dye III (Jr)	8							4	6	67
4	B. Gregoire (Sr)	4	0	1	0				2	6	33
5	Marlon Gaitan (Sr)	17	3	6	50	2	2	100	3	3	100
23	Justin Suarez (Sr)	23	2	3	67	3	3	100	7	14	50
34	Timothy Romer (Fr)	4							2	3	67

Palmetto

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	53	6	24	30	11	6	6	10
0	Rafael Diaz (Jr)	12	2	3	5		1	3	2
4	S. Madera (So)	3	3	4	7		1	1	1
5	Darren Ku (Jr)	8		4	4	1			1
12	Samfree Sarante (So)	5	1	3	4	3	3		1
14	S. Henriquez (Sr)	22		1	1	7	1		3
22	Dylan Jaxon (Jr)			1	1
24	A. Jackson (Sr)	3		8	8			2	2

Central

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	59	12	29	41	11	2	3	7
1	Keri Foster (Sr)	3	3	5	8	5		1	5
3	Willie Dye III (Jr)	8	3	8	11
4	B. Gregoire (Sr)	4	1	4	5	2
5	Marlon Gaitan (Sr)	17				3			1
23	Justin Suarez (Sr)	23	3	7	10	1	2		1
34	Timothy Romer (Fr)	4	2	5	7			2

Palmetto

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.10	0.60
0	Rafael Diaz (Jr)		0.50
4	S. Madera (So)		1.00
5	Darren Ku (Jr)	1.00
12	Samfree Sarante (So)	3.00	3.00
14	S. Henriquez (Sr)	2.33	0.33

Central

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO
	Team Totals	1.57	0.29
1	Keri Foster (Sr)	1.00
5	Marlon Gaitan (Sr)	3.00
23	Justin Suarez (Sr)	1.00	2.00

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Palmetto can't hold off Central

January 21, 2025: Miami, FL 33147

The Central Rockets nipped the visiting Palmetto Panthers basketball squad by a final score of 59-53 in Tuesday's non-league outing.

Next, the Rockets face the Miami Stingarees (Miami, FL) in a non-league outing, on Thursday, January 23. Central will attempt to upgrade on its 14-3 season record. The Stingarees enter the outing with a 17-3 record after their 66-32 non-league win over Southridge (Miami, FL).

The Panthers (12-9) will now prepare for their outing against Homestead (Homestead, FL). The Broncos enter the non-league outing with a 11-7 record.

Palmetto @ Central Basketball Game Info

Tue., Jan. 21, 2025 @ 7p

GMAC 1st Round

The Central (Miami, FL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Palmetto (Miami, FL) by a score of 59-53.

Rankings & Records

Palmetto (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
86	90	19

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-11	2-0	9-1	3-3	4-7	.593	1.000	1,956	1,679

Central (24-25)

FL	Section	Class
87	91	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
17-9	1-0	9-4	5-3	3-2	.654	1.000	1,798	1,586

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Palmetto	15.6	18.7	17.1	16.3	8.0	-	72.4
Central	16.3	16.1	14.9	17.6	0	52.0	69.2

Team Stat Comparison

Palmetto		Central
72.7	Points Per Game	68.6
31.1	Rebounds Per Game	32.1
14.4	Assists Per Game	13.4
9.3	Steals Per Game	7.6
3.5	Blocks Per Game	3.7

Team Leaders

Palmetto		Central	National Avg.
#14 Santiago Henriquez27.4	Points Per Game	#1 Keri Foster17.2	4.9
#4 Sebastian Madera8.2	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Willie Dye III8.9	2.6
#14 Santiago Henriquez5.1	Assists Per Game	#1 Keri Foster5.5	1.0
#14 Santiago Henriquez3.0	Steals Per Game	#1 Keri Foster3.0	0.8
#4 Sebastian Madera1.4	Blocks Per Game	#3 Willie Dye III2.3	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Palmetto	3-2		Central	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/21/24	Coral Reef	Palmetto	(W) 100-63	12/17/24	Coral Reef	Central	(W) 93-68
2/7/25	Coral Reef	Palmetto	(W) 87-39
12/3/24	Palmetto	Northwestern	(L) 82-68	1/16/25	Northwestern	Central	(L) 73-57
12/10/24	Braddock	Palmetto	(W) 70-39	1/28/25	Central	Braddock	(W) 66-53
1/29/25	Palmetto	Miami Country Day	(L) 66-62	11/19/24	Miami Country Day	Central	(L) 79-63

Record Breakdown

Palmetto (24-25)		Central (24-25)
16-11	Overall	17-9
2-0	League	1-0
8-7	Non-League	11-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-2	Common Opponent	2-2
9-1	Home	9-4
3-3	Away	5-3
4-7	Neutral	3-2
2-1	Playoff	2-2
13-8	In-State	17-9
3-3	Out-of-State	0-0