Basketball Recap: Edinburg North Sets Scoring Season-High Against San Perlita

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Edinburg North). They breezed by the San Perlita Trojans to the tune of 94-57 on Tuesday. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Cougars had established a 36 point advantage.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Edinburg North to victory, but perhaps none more so than Raul Palacios, who went 7 of 8from beyond the arc on his way to 39 points. The game was Palacios' eighth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Josiah Cruz, who went 8 for 12 on his way to 20 points in addition to seven assists and four steals.

Edinburg North's win bumped their record up to 10-7. As for San Perlita, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-6.

Edinburg North will be taking part in a tournament against IDEA College Prep at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday. Edinburg North is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.3 points per game this season. As for San Perlita, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Economedes at 6:00 p.m.