Basketball Recap: A.J. Ellender Sets Scoring Season-High Against Assumption

Patriots

Team Score (Highest)

02/07/25 @ Assumption	77
01/24/25 vs East St. John	73
12/07/24 vs Central Lafourche	68
01/14/25 @ Donaldsonville	62
11/20/24 vs Mentorship Academy	62

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask A.J. Ellender). They breezed by the Assumption Mustangs to the tune of 77-31 on Friday. The win continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Mustangs: they've now won eight in a row.

A.J. Ellender's victory bumped their record up to 14-28. As for Assumption, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-27 record this season.

A.J. Ellender and Assumption could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Louisiana Rankings. A.J. Ellender (ranked 274th) will meet Vandebilt Catholic (ranked 38th) at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Similarly, Assumption will square off against South Lafourche at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday down 201 places (304 vs. 103).