Basketball Recap: Ida Baker Sets Scoring Season-High Against Dunbar

By Team Reports Jan 22, 2025, 11:04am

Basketball Recap: Ida Baker Bulldogs vs. Dunbar Tigers

Bulldogs

Team Score

01/16/25 @ Dunbar66
12/12/24 vs Island Coast62
01/13/25 vs Riverdale59
01/14/25 vs East Lee County58
12/03/24 vs Bonita Springs52

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ida Baker). They simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat the Dunbar Tigers 66-36. The win was nothing new for the Bulldogs as they're now sitting on three straight.

Jocelyn Hernandez-Castro had an outrageously good game as she dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 steals. Those 11 steals gave her a new career-high. Maia Berdebes was another key player, dropping a double-double on 17 points and 13 rebounds.

Ida Baker was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Dunbar only posted seven assists.

Dunbar's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Addision Fuhr, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten boards. Fuhr is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as she's now pulled down eight or more in the last four games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniya Maycock, who posted six points.

Ida Baker's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-13. As for Dunbar, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.

Ida Baker didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 54-28 win against Cypress Lake on the 21st. Dunbar has also already played their next matchup, a 67-15 defeat against Canterbury on the 17th.

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