After flying high against Pasco last Wednesday, Wesley Chapel came back down to earth. The Wesley Chapel Wildcats took a 73-56 bruising from the Booker Tornadoes on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 155th, while the Tornadoes are ranked 39th).
Despite the loss, Wesley Chapel still got an impressive performance from Sanai Forrester-Jhagroo, who went 8 of 18 on her way to 25 points and five steals. Another player making a difference was Dayla Christopher, who posted 13 points and seven boards.
Brianna Behn was her usual excellent self, dropping a triple-double on 21 points, 13 rebounds, and ten assists for Booker. Those ten assists gave Behn a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jsiyah Taylor, who had 13 points in addition to seven steals and five assists.
Wesley Chapel's loss dropped their record down to 17-8. As for Booker, they pushed their record up to 15-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Both are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Wesley Chapel will face off against Zephyrhills at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Zephyrhills' defense has only allowed 29.6 points per game this season, so Wesley Chapel's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Booker, they will host Seminole at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Booker knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Seminole likes a good challenge.
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