Basketball Recap: South Dade Drops Season-High Score on Braddock

Buccaneers

Team Score

01/29/25 @ Braddock	66
12/18/24 @ Coral Park	55
12/21/24 vs Golden Gate	54
12/13/24 @ Coral Reef	49
01/21/25 @ True North Classical Academy	46

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Dade). They simply couldn't be stopped on Wednesday as they easily beat the Braddock Bulldogs 66-34. The Buccaneers pushed the score to 56-28 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs had little chance of recovering from.

South Dade's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Justice Sheppard led the charge by dropping a double-double on 20 points and ten boards. With that strong performance, Sheppard is now averaging an impressive 8.1 rebounds per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Jurnee Walters, who posted 20 points in addition to six boards and five steals.

South Dade was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.

Despite the loss, Braddock still got an impressive performance from Anna Rubiera, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 rebounds. That was a full 44.1% of Braddock's points, marking the sixth time in a row she's had more than a third of the team's points.

South Dade's win bumped their record up to 8-10. As for Braddock, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-10.

South Dade wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 55-31 loss against Palmer Trinity on the 31st. As for Braddock, they will challenge Homestead at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.