Basketball Recap: Jayden Hinkston Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Bear Creek

St. Mary won the last time they faced Bear Creek and things went their way on Saturday too. The St. Mary's Rams secured a 55-49 W over the Bear Creek Bruins.

Jayden Hinkston

Steals (Career)

02/08/25 vs Bear Creek	4
02/07/25 @ Lodi	3
12/03/24 vs Granite Bay	3
01/22/25 @ Modesto Christian	2
01/10/25 vs Kimball	2

St. Mary's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jayden Hinkston led the charge by putting up 14 points and four steals. Those four steals gave Hinkston a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonah Millonida, who went 5 of 11 en route to 10 points and four steals.

Despite the loss, Bear Creek still got an impressive performance from Joell Chet, who posted 15 points. Timmy Da was another key player, posting nine points.

St. Mary's win bumped their record up to 12-13. As for Bear Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 16-11.

St. Mary's has already played their next matchup (against Kimball), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Bear Creek, they will challenge Chavez at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bear Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.9 points per game this season.