Basketball Recap: Anderson Beats Bastrop for Their Fifth Straight Win

By Team Reports Feb 2, 2025, 12:19am

Basketball Recap: Anderson Trojans vs. Bastrop Bears

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Previous 5 Games

01/31/25 @ Bastrop61-56
01/28/25 vs Richards School for Young Women Leaders79-10
01/24/25 @ McCallum61-38
01/21/25 @ Cedar Creek68-27
01/17/25 vs Crockett66-35

Bastrop typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Anderson proved too difficult a challenge. They managed a 61-56 victory over the Bastrop Bears. The win was familiar territory for the Trojans who have now won five matchups in a row.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Anderson to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brooke Fuller, who posted 19 points and three steals. Fuller is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed three or more in the last five games she's played. Another player making a difference was Lucy Swanson, who put up 11 points in addition to seven assists and six steals.

Bastrop's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Keyaira Limuel, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds, and Navaeh Jones, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 22 boards. With that strong performance, Limuel is now averaging an impressive 16 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenadee Lawhon, who scored 12 points and three steals.

Anderson is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-11 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.8 points per game. As for Bastrop, their loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 31-4.

Anderson and Bastrop should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Anderson will square off against Navarro at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday up 559 places (465 vs. 1024). Meanwhile, Bastrop (ranked 246th) will meet McCallum (ranked 835th) at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

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