Basketball Recap: Faith Academy Sets Scoring Season-High Against San Juan Diego Catholic

Flames

Team Score (Highest)

02/01/25 @ San Juan Diego Catholic	96
01/21/25 @ Central Texas Christian	72
11/16/24 vs Canyon Lake	69
01/14/25 vs San Juan Diego Catholic	67
11/26/24 vs Hill Country Christian School of Austin	66

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Faith Academy). They took their contest on Saturday with ease, bagging a 96-59 victory over the San Juan Diego Catholic Saints. The win continues a trend for the Flames in their matchups with the Saints: they've now won five in a row.

Despite the loss, San Juan Diego Catholic still got an impressive performance from Diego Sanchez, who went 10 for 16 to rack up 26 points and eight boards. What's more, Sanchez also posted a 50% three-point shooting accuracy, which is the highest he's posted since back in December of 2024. Another player making a difference was Mateo Aceves, who went 6 of 9 from beyond the arc on his way to 20 points.

Faith Academy now has a winning record of 11-10. As for San Juan Diego Catholic, they have been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 14-12 record this season.

Faith Academy has already played their next game (against Lutheran), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for San Juan Diego Catholic, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 53-32 loss against Central Texas Christian on the 4th.