Basketball Recap: Escalante Sets Scoring Season-High Against Tse' Yi' Gai

Lobos

Team Score (Highest)

02/11/25 vs Tse' Yi' Gai	97
12/27/24 vs Navajo Pine	80
12/09/24 vs Jemez Valley	73
02/04/25 @ Questa	70
12/31/24 vs Native American Community Academy/Evangel Christian Academy	59

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Escalante). They breezed past the Tse' Yi' Gai Dine Warriors to the tune of 97-29 on Tuesday. With the Lobos ahead 55-15 at the half, the match was all but over already.

When it comes to explaining why Tse' Yi' Gai lost, don't look at LaDainian Werito. Despite the final result, he posted 16 points. The contest was Werito's 12th in a row with at least 15 points.

Escalante's victory bumped their record up to 11-9. As for Tse' Yi' Gai, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-13.

Looking ahead, Escalante will square off against Mesa Vista at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mesa Vista will roll in looking for their ninth straight win, something Escalante surely won't give up without a fight. As for Tse' Yi' Gai, they will challenge Northwest at 6:30 p.m. on February 18th. Tse' Yi' Gai is facing Northwest at the right time seeing as Northwest is stuck on a 14-game losing streak.