The Coral Gables Cavaliers's and the Gaither Cowboys's match on Friday was close at halftime, but the Coral Gables Cavaliers turned on the heat in the second half with 38 points. Everything went Coral Gables' way against Gaither as Coral Gables made off with a 67-45 win. Given Coral Gables' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 107th, while Gaither is ranked 354th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Marcellis Williams , who scored 24 points along with six rebounds and five steals. Those five steals set a new season-high mark for him. Another player making a difference was Bruno Sanchez, who scored 15 points along with six assists and three steals.
Gaither's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Marc Fransberg, who scored 15 points. Jayce Humphries was another key contributor, scoring 11 points.
Coral Gables has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Gaither, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-8.
Coral Gables and Miami will face off at 7:30 p.m. on January 9th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Gaither and Gulf will face off at 7:30 p.m. on January 8th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Gulf is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak.
