It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Booker can now relate to. They took a blow against the Gibbs Gladiators on Wednesday, falling 81-43. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida basketball rankings (they are ranked 300th, while the Gladiators are ranked 11th).
Several Tornadoes players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Chris Perets, who posted 14 points. J.P Lattimore was another key player, putting up ten points.
Jacob Daniels was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 22 points and ten assists for Gibbs. What's more, Daniels also racked up eight rebounds, the most he's had since back in February of 2024. Another player making a difference was Oneal Delancy, who went 7 of 13 to rack up 18 points and three steals.
Booker now has a losing record at 13-14. As for Gibbs, the win was the 15th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 22-4.
Coming up, Booker will challenge Seminole at 7:00 p.m. on February 12th. Booker is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59 points per game this season. As for Gibbs, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 69-39 victory against Boca Ciega on the 7th.
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