Basketball Recap: Jaydon Soto Key Part of a Team Effort in Bears Win

By Team Reports Jan 9, 2025, 11:49am

Basketball Recap: Palmetto Ridge Bears vs. Aubrey Rogers Patriots

Palmetto Ridge won the last time they faced Aubrey Rogers and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Palmetto Ridge Bears came out on top against the Aubrey Rogers Patriots by a score of 60-50.

Jaydon Soto

Assists (Career)

01/07/25 @ Aubrey Rogers7
01/20/24 vs Sarasota6
01/03/24 vs Barron Collier5
01/12/24 @ Bonita Springs5
01/26/24 @ Southeast5

Palmetto Ridge's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jaydon Soto led the charge by going 5 of 8 on his way to 12 points and seven assists. The dominant performance gave Soto a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Juju Castillo, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten boards.

Despite the loss, Aubrey Rogers still got an impressive performance from Hunter Puthoff, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 15 boards. Another player making a difference was Seth Timmer, who posted eight points.

Palmetto Ridge's win bumped their record up to 9-6. As for Aubrey Rogers, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 4-12.

Palmetto Ridge will host Gulf Coast at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Palmetto Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.9 points per game this season. As for Aubrey Rogers, they will head out to face off against Golden Gate at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Aubrey Rogers is facing Golden Gate at the right time seeing as Golden Gate is stuck on a three-game losing streak.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps

Suggested Video