Basketball Recap: Booker Snaps Six-Game Streak of Wins at Home

Tornadoes

Team Score

12/10/24 vs Riverview Sarasota	70
12/05/24 @ North Port	58
12/06/24 vs Venice	55
11/22/24 @ Winthrop College Prep Academy	54
11/18/24 @ Southeast	49

Booker scored the most points they've had this season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They fell 79-70 to the Riverview Sarasota Rams. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (55), the Tornadoes still had to take the loss.

When it comes to explaining why Booker lost, don't look at Chris Perets. Despite the final result, he posted 22 points. Perets is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. Another player making a difference was J.P Lattimore, who had 14 points.

Riverview Sarasota had a senior duo take command as Cole Coggin earned 16 points along with six assists and three steals and Gavin Howard went 7 of 11 en route to 20 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Howard has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Farris, who put up 11 points and six rebounds.

Booker's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-3. As for Riverview Sarasota, their victory bumped their record up to 4-5.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Booker will challenge Imagine School at North Port at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Imagine School at North Port knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Booker likes a good challenge. As for Riverview Sarasota, they will square off against Southeast at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.