Basketball Recap: Booker T. Washington Drops Season-High Score on Tallassee

Golden Eagles

Margin (Wins)

11/15/24 @ Barbour County	50
12/16/24 vs Barbour County	50
11/19/24 vs Marbury	44
01/24/25 vs Tallassee	41
11/07/24 @ Booker T. Washington Magnet	39

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Booker T. Washington). They breezed by the Tallassee Tigers to the tune of 81-40 on Friday. The Golden Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 contests by 20 points or more this season.

Booker T. Washington's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Marquez Daniel, who went 8 for 11 on his way to 17 points and eight boards. The game was Daniel's seventh in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Raymond Minor, who went 6 of 9 en route to 16 points and five assists.

Booker T. Washington smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in ten consecutive matchups.

Tallassee lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Rowen Thornton, who posted 15 points. That was a full 37.5% of Tallassee's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Simeon Parker, who scored eight points.

Booker T. Washington pushed their record up to 22-5 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.3 points per game. As for Tallassee, they are on a 13-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-14.

Booker T. Washington has already played their next contest (against Valley), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Tallassee wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 71-58 defeat against Montgomery Catholic on the 25th.