Basketball Recap: South Texas Christian Academy Falls Despite Big Games from Gabriel Armenta and Luis Saldana

If South Texas Christian Academy was riding high fresh off their 81-32 takedown of Juan Diego Academy last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The South Texas Christian Academy Panthers fell 59-52 to the La Villa Cardinals on Tuesday.

Luis Saldana

Points (Career)

02/04/25 @ La Villa	19
12/17/24 vs Macedonian Christian	17
02/03/25 @ Juan Diego Academy	16
11/12/24 vs IDEA Frontier College Prep	13
11/19/24 vs Harmony School of Innovation	11

Luis Saldana and Gabriel Armenta certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Saldana went 8 of 14 en route to 19 points and three steals, while Armenta posted 21 points. The dominant performance gave Saldana a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Santiago Moreno, who had eight points.

South Texas Christian Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 12-10. As for La Villa, with the victory, they broke their five-game losing streak and moved their record to 4-9.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. South Texas Christian Academy will challenge Juan Diego Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. South Texas Christian Academy is facing Juan Diego Academy at the right time seeing as Juan Diego Academy is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for La Villa, they will face off against Freer at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Freer is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 50.9 points per game this season.