Basketball Recap: Coral Gables Cavaliers vs. Somerset Academy Panthers
If Coral Gables was feeling good fresh off their 60-40 takedown of Monsignor Pace last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Coral Gables Cavaliers took a 72-65 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Somerset Academy Panthers on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (60), the Cavaliers still had to take the loss.
Coral Gables lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Bruno Sanchez, who went 6 for 12 en route to 17 points plus three steals. The game was Sanchez's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Marco Molinet, who went 5 for 7 en route to 12 points plus two steals and two blocks.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Somerset Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jahlon Blain, who had 16 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Blain is crushing it when it comes to steals: he's grabbed at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Alcine, who went 6 for 10 en route to 19 points plus five rebounds and two steals.
Having lost for the first time this season, Coral Gables fell to 3-1. As for Somerset Academy, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Coral Gables has already played their next contest (against Somerset Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Somerset Academy, they will venture away from home to take on Miami Country Day at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Miami Country Day will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Somerset Academy surely won't give up without a fight.
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