Basketball Preview: Riverview Sarasota Rams vs. Booker Tornadoes
The Riverview Sarasota Rams are taking a road trip to take on the Booker Tornadoes at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Riverview Sarasota is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.4 points per game this season.
Riverview Sarasota is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 57 points on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Sarasota on Friday. They had to suffer through a 60-26 loss at the hands of the Sailors. The Rams were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-10.
Cole Coggin was Riverview Sarasota's leading scorer, having posted seven points.
Josh Harris held things down on the boards with three rebounds.
Meanwhile, Booker earned a 55-45 win over Venice on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tornadoes.
Booker pushed their record up to 2-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points per game. As for Riverview Sarasota, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5.
Riverview Sarasota came up short against Booker in their previous matchup back in January, falling 61-57. Thankfully for Riverview Sarasota, Jovan Palavra (who went 7 for 15 en route to 24 points plus seven rebounds and three steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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