The Booker Tornadoes pushed their score all the way to 67 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 75-67 hit to the loss column at the hands of Bradenton Christian. Despite running the score up even higher than they did on Thursday (64), Booker still had to take the loss.
Booker's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jovan Palavra, who scored 22 points. Palavra scored a full 32.8% of Booker's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Jamareon Ruffin, who scored 15 points.
Booker bumped their record down to 0-3 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. That rough patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.7 points per game. As for Bradenton Christian, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 5-0.
Booker and Manatee will face off at 7:30 p.m. on December 5th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Manatee knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past three contests -- so hopefully Booker likes a good challenge. As for Bradenton Christian, they will face off against Golden Gate at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Golden Gate will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings (they are ranked 514th, while Bradenton Christian is ranked 19th).
