Basketball Recap: Somerset Prep Skates Past Schoolhouse Prep with Ease

Somerset Prep

Margin (Wins)

11/20/24 vs Sports Leadership & Management	101
11/22/24 vs Fort Lauderdale	72
12/10/24 vs Keys Gate	67
12/02/24 vs Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart	40
01/22/25 vs Schoolhouse Prep	40

You can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Somerset Prep's strategy against Schoolhouse Prep on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Somerset Prep blew the Schoolhouse Prep Wolfpack out of the water with a 79-39 final score. Somerset Prep has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 25 points or more this season.

Somerset Prep had a senior duo take command as Brianna Brown shot 4-for-5 from downtown and dropped a triple-double on 16 points, ten rebounds, and 11 assists and Chardae Rumph went 7 of 15 on her way to 18 points along with seven steals and five boards. Those 11 assists set a new season-high mark for Brown. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Stoker, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten boards.

Despite the defeat, Schoolhouse Prep saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Lya Gonzalez went 9 for 21 en route to 22 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. Gonzalez's evening made it 15 games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Aura Bingham, who posted six points and seven boards.

Somerset Prep has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.0 points per game. As for Schoolhouse Prep, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-7.

Somerset Prep didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 93-22 win against Key West on the 23rd. As for Schoolhouse Prep, they will challenge Archbishop McCarthy at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Schoolhouse Prep is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.1 points per game this season.