Basketball Game Recap: Mt. St. Joseph Academy Magic vs. Methacton Warriors

By Team Reports Dec 5, 2023, 6:09pm

Recap: Mt. St. Joseph Academy Magic vs. Methacton Warriors

The Mt. St. Joseph Academy Magic won the last time they faced the Methacton Warriors, and things went their way on Saturday too. Mt. St. Joseph Academy managed a 46-42 victory over Methacton.

Despite the loss, Methacton still got an impressive performance from Abby Arnold, who shot 4-for-10 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 30 points and 10 rebounds. Arnold scored a full 71.4% of Methacton's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Sydney Hockenbrock, who scored 5 points along with 4 steals.

The win got Mt. St. Joseph Academy back to even at 1-1. As for Methacton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Mt. St. Joseph Academy's road trip will continue as they head out to face Agnes Irwin at 5:30 p.m. on December 8th. As for Methacton, they will take on Bayard Rustin at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Bayard Rustin focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 25 on Saturday.