Basketball Recap: Holy Family Drops Highest Score of Season Against Legacy
By Team Reports
Feb 22, 2025, 5:46pm
Basketball Recap: Holy Family Tigers vs. Legacy Lightning

Tigers
02/18/25 vs Legacy | 70 |
12/06/24 vs Colorado Academy | 68 |
02/05/25 vs Centaurus | 63 |
01/31/25 vs Niwot | 63 |
01/21/25 vs Horizon | 59 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Holy Family). They breezed past the Legacy Lightning to the tune of 70-30 on Tuesday. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 26 points or more this season.
Holy Family's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Alexcia Oaxaca led the charge by going 6-for-10 en route to 16 points along with seven rebounds and six steals. Oaxaca is also on a roll when it comes to field goal percentage, as she's posted one of at least 50% in the last four games she's played. Another player making a difference was Gracie Ward, who went 8-for-13 to rack up 18 points.
Holy Family was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Legacy only three assists.
Despite the loss, Legacy still got an impressive performance from Olivia Mortensen, who dropped a double-double with 21 points and 11 boards. That was a full 70% of Legacy's points, marking the seventh time in a row Mortensen has posted more than a third of the team's points.
Holy Family has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 31.5 points. This is the second loss in a row for Legacy and nudges their season record down to 12-10.
Holy Family didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 58-47 loss against Mead on the 21st. As for Legacy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 55-52 win against Boulder on the 22nd.
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