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Booker DeSoto County

Tornadoes

Bulldogs

The DeSoto County (Arcadia, FL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Booker (Sarasota, FL) by a score of 71-55.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Booker	15	18	15	23	71
DeSoto County	14	14	12	15	55

Final score provided by A. Primus.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	71	28	82	34	38
0	Jsiyah Taylor (Sr)	9	4	13	31	31
1	Kennedy Guy (Jr)	8	3	10	30	40
3	Marayah Stuart (Jr)	13	5	8	63	69
5	Laniyah Jackson (So)	0	0	2	0	0
11	Brianna Behn (Sr)	29	11	17	65	71
12	Janiel Williams (Sr)	5	2	14	14	14
23	Brianna Mcleod (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
24	Yvette Brown (Jr)	5	2	12	17	21
25	C. McKnight (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	55	19	38	50	53
1	Whitley Barron (Fr)	1
3	Yahri Tyler (Jr)	14	6	10	60	60
5	Janeris Bing (So)	2	1	7	14	14
12	Rihanna Downing (So)	8	3	3	100	100
24	Cherish Wiggins (So)	29	9	18	50	56
44	Jaliyah Luther (Jr)	1

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	71	6	22	27	9	13	69	22	60	37
0	Jsiyah Taylor (Sr)	9	0	3	0	1	1	100	4	10	40
1	Kennedy Guy (Jr)	8	2	8	25	0	0	0	1	2	50
3	Marayah Stuart (Jr)	13	1	3	33	2	4	50	4	5	80
5	Laniyah Jackson (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Brianna Behn (Sr)	29	2	2	100	5	6	83	9	15	60
12	Janiel Williams (Sr)	5	0	0	0	1	2	50	2	14	14
23	Brianna Mcleod (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	Yvette Brown (Jr)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	9	11
25	C. McKnight (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	55	2	12	17	15	22	68	17	26	65
1	Whitley Barron (Fr)	1				1	2	50
3	Yahri Tyler (Jr)	14	0	1	0	2	4	50	6	9	67
5	Janeris Bing (So)	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	3	33
12	Rihanna Downing (So)	8				2	3	67	3	3	100
24	Cherish Wiggins (So)	29	2	7	29	9	10	90	7	11	64
44	Jaliyah Luther (Jr)	1				1	2	50

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	71	24	11	35	18	14	2	9	20
0	Jsiyah Taylor (Sr)	9	1	1	2	3	4	0	1	3
1	Kennedy Guy (Jr)	8	4	1	5	3	0	0	0	2
3	Marayah Stuart (Jr)	13	2	1	3	3	4	0	1	3
10	Londyn Watson (Fr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	Brianna Behn (Sr)	29	6	4	10	2	2	2	3	4
12	Janiel Williams (Sr)	5	7	0	7	2	2	0	3	3
23	Brianna Mcleod (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
24	Yvette Brown (Jr)	5	3	3	6	3	1	0	0	2

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	55	4	21	25	8	3	3	21	11
1	Whitley Barron (Fr)	1		4	4	3	1		8	4
3	Yahri Tyler (Jr)	14	1	6	7	1			2	3
5	Janeris Bing (So)	2	1	1	2	2			4	1
12	Rihanna Downing (So)	8		1	1					2
24	Cherish Wiggins (So)	29	0	8	8	1	2	3	7
44	Jaliyah Luther (Jr)	1	2	1	3	1				1

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	2.00	1.56	0.70	0.10	16
0	Jsiyah Taylor (Sr)	3.00	4.00	1.33	0.00	3
1	Kennedy Guy (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
3	Marayah Stuart (Jr)	3.00	4.00	1.33	0.00	6
11	Brianna Behn (Sr)	0.67	0.67	0.50	0.50	4
12	Janiel Williams (Sr)	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.00	1
24	Yvette Brown (Jr)	3.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	2

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Booker bests DeSoto County

January 4, 2025: Sarasota, FL 34234

The Booker Tornadoes basketball team scored 71 points and limited the visiting DeSoto County Bulldogs to 55 in the Tornadoes non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Tornadoes now possess a 9-3 record. They play next when they host Tampa Catholic for a non-league game on Thursday, January 9. Booker will confront a Crusaders team coming off a 60-26 non-league win over Wesley Chapel (Wesley Chapel, FL). The Crusaders record now stands at 10-7.

With the loss, DeSoto County falls to 11-3 on the campaign. The Bulldogs host Hardee (Wauchula, FL) to confront the Wildcats in a non-league game on Tuesday, January 7. The Wildcats go into the game with a record of 4-4. Hardee won 53-28 in their recent non-league game against Northeast (St. Petersburg, FL)

Players of the Game

Booker (24-25)

Congratulations to #11 Brianna Behn for being selected the Booker Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

DeSoto County (24-25)

Congratulations to #24 Cherish Wiggins for being selected the DeSoto County Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Booker vs DeSoto County Basketball Game Info

Sat., Jan. 4, 2025 @ 1p

The DeSoto County (Arcadia, FL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament game against Booker (Sarasota, FL) by a score of 71-55.

Rankings & Records

Booker (24-25)

FL	Class
30	5

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
20-7	9-3	5-1	6-3	.741	1,702	1,229

DeSoto County (24-25)

FL	Class
89	10

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
21-7	6-3	8-3	7-1	.750	1,463	1,224

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Booker	15.8	15.5	17.6	13.2	3.0	63.0
DeSoto County	12.7	14.1	13.4	12.3	10.0	52.3

Head-to-Head

Booker won on 1/4/2025

1/4 @ 1p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Booker 15 18 15 23 71
DeSoto County 14 14 12 15 55

The Booker (Sarasota, FL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral tournament game against DeSoto County (Arcadia, FL) by a score of 71-55.
Box score
Booker won on 1/16/2025

1/16 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Booker 15 18 23 4 60
DeSoto County 6 6 8 12 32

The Booker (Sarasota, FL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against DeSoto County (Arcadia, FL) by a score of 60-32.
Box score
Booker won on 2/21/2025

2/21 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

DeSoto County 8 10 11 8 37
Booker 18 15 23 18 74

The DeSoto County (Arcadia, FL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's away playoff game against Booker (Sarasota, FL) by a score of 74-37.
Box score

1/16 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Booker	15	18	23	4	60
DeSoto County	6	6	8	12	32

2/21 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
DeSoto County	8	10	11	8	37
Booker	18	15	23	18	74

Team Stat Comparison

Booker		DeSoto County
63.6	Points Per Game	52.0
35.7	Rebounds Per Game	33.0
13.4	Assists Per Game	10.0
15.2	Steals Per Game	9.1
1.9	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Booker		DeSoto County	National Avg.
#24 Yvette Brown13.6	Points Per Game	#3 Yahri Tyler19.7	4.1
#11 Brianna Behn7.7	Rebounds Per Game	#3 Yahri Tyler11.7	2.8
#11 Brianna Behn3.8	Assists Per Game	#24 Cherish Wiggins4.7	0.9
#11 Brianna Behn3.0	Steals Per Game	#24 Cherish Wiggins2.9	1.1
#11 Brianna Behn0.9	Blocks Per Game	#24 Cherish Wiggins1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Booker	1-1		DeSoto County	0-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/19/24	Booker	Port Charlotte	(L) 70-60	12/20/24	Port Charlotte	DeSoto County	(L) 56-29
				1/10/25	DeSoto County	Port Charlotte	(L) 61-50
1/21/25	Charlotte	Booker	(W) 73-45	12/16/24	DeSoto County	Charlotte	(L) 54-32
				1/28/25	Charlotte	DeSoto County	(L) 72-35

Record Breakdown

Booker (24-25)		DeSoto County (24-25)
20-7	Overall	21-7
0-0	League	0-0
9-5	Non-League	13-5
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
1-1	Common Opponent	0-4
9-3	Home	6-3
5-1	Away	8-3
6-3	Neutral	7-1
5-1	Playoff	4-1
19-7	In-State	21-7
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0

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Booker DeSoto County

Game Stats

Booker (24-25)

DeSoto County (24-25)

Shooting

Shooting

Totals

Totals

Misc Totals

Misc Totals

Game Story

Florida High School Basketball - Booker bests DeSoto County

Players of the Game

Booker (24-25)

DeSoto County (24-25)

Booker vs DeSoto County Basketball Game Info

Rankings & Records

Booker (24-25)

DeSoto County (24-25)

Team Scoring Averages

Head-to-Head

Team Stat Comparison

Team Leaders

Common Opponents

Record Breakdown

Booker (24-25)

DeSoto County (24-25)

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.38	0.14	0.27	0.27	8
1	Whitley Barron (Fr)	0.38	0.13	0.25		1
3	Yahri Tyler (Jr)	0.50				1
5	Janeris Bing (So)	0.50
12	Rihanna Downing (So)					1
24	Cherish Wiggins (So)	0.14	0.29			4
44	Jaliyah Luther (Jr)					1