The matchup between the Imagine School at North Port Sharks and the Booker Tornadoes on Thursday hardly resembled the 2-0 effort from their previous meeting. Imagine School at North Port secured a 70-64 W over Booker. The win was just what Imagine School at North Port needed coming off of a 87-65 defeat in their prior game.
Imagine School at North Port's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jj Hall, who scored 17 points along with 4 steals. The game was Hall's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Angelo Blas, who scored 16 points along with 6 assists and 5 steals.
Despite the loss, Booker still got an impressive performance from Jovan Palavra, who scored 25 points. Palavra scored a full 39.1% of Booker's points, the second time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was J.P Lattimore, who scored 13 points.
Imagine School at North Port's victory bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Booker, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Imagine School at North Port will be playing in front of their home fans against LaBelle at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully LaBelle focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Wednesday. Booker won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Bradenton Christian at 7:30 p.m. on December 1st. Bradenton Christian will be coming into the game with an undefeated record on the line.
