Basketball Recap: Gulf Coast HEAT Drops Season-High Score on Sarasota Christian

Gulf Coast HEAT

Margin (Wins)

01/07/25 @ Community Christian	39
12/30/24 vs Alonso	35
01/09/25 @ Sarasota Christian	33
12/27/24 vs Excel Christian Academy	-5
12/28/24 vs Burgin	-16

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gulf Coast HEAT). They breezed by the Sarasota Christian Blazers to the tune of 60-27 on Thursday. Gulf Coast HEAT has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matches by 21 points or more this season.

Gulf Coast HEAT's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Kenna Baker, who posted 23 points. The dominant performance gave Baker a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Audriana Colten, who had 19 points.

Gulf Coast HEAT pushed their record up to 10-5 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35.7 points. As for Sarasota Christian, they now have a losing record at 5-6.

Gulf Coast HEAT won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Out-of-Door Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gulf Coast HEAT's defense has only allowed 26.7 points per game this season, so Out-of-Door Academy's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Sarasota Christian, they will host Canterbury at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Sarasota Christian is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.