Basketball Recap: Incarnate Word Comes Up Short

Incarnate Word and St. Pius X squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but Incarnate Word had to settle for second. They took a blow against the St. Pius X Panthers, falling 67-12. While losing is never fun, the Shamrocks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 781st, while the Panthers are ranked 249th).

Incarnate Word's loss dropped their record down to 12-23. As for St. Pius X, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 28-3 record this season.

Incarnate Word does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for St. Pius X, they will face off against Concordia Lutheran at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.