Miami Springs and Booker T. Washington are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2015, but not for long. The Miami Springs Golden Hawks will look to defend their home court on Thursday against the Booker T. Washington Tornadoes at 7:30 p.m.
Last Monday, Miami Springs was beaten by Miami Beach 60-33. Miami Springs has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Booker T. Washington's game on Tuesday was all tied up 22-22 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top against North Miami by a score of 54-47. With that win, Booker T. Washington brought their scoring average up to 51.5 points per game.
Booker T. Washington's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Zephaniah Pratt , who scored 8 points along with 5 steals, and Leroy Lee Jr, who scored 14 points along with 9 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which Lee Jr has scored at least 25% of Booker T. Washington's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Wright , who scored 8 points along with 7 rebounds.
Miami Springs' loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Booker T. Washington, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Miami Springs came up short against Booker T. Washington in their previous meeting back in February, falling 42-34. Thankfully for Miami Springs, Andre Akbar (who scored 17 points) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
