Basketball Recap: St. Joseph Beats Gibbs for Their Ninth Straight Victory

Tounde Yessoufou

Points

12/21/24 vs Gibbs	30
12/19/24 vs Edgewater	24
12/14/24 vs Fremont	27
12/13/24 vs Oakland Tech	33
12/07/24 @ Kimball	32
12/05/24 vs Corcoran	33

St. Joseph had won eight straight games and Tounde Yessoufou did his part to make it nine on Saturday. The St. Joseph Knights came out on top against the Gibbs Gladiators by a score of 82-71 thanks in part to Yessoufou, who went 10 of 20 on his way to 30 points along with seven boards and six assists. His afternoon made it six games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points.

Several Gladiators players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jacob Daniels, who went 9 of 15 en route to 23 points and six assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Bobby Crawford, who went 6 of 10 on his way to 16 points and five rebounds.

St. Joseph's win bumped their record up to 9-0. As for Gibbs, they moved to 4-3 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

St. Joseph and West Ridge will round out the year against one another at at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. As for Gibbs, they will be taking part in a tournament against Ensworth at 9:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Ensworth's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five contests.