Basketball Recap: Newport Christian Takes a Loss

After soaring to 62 points the game before, Newport Christian was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They took a 39-24 bruising from The Webb Schools Gauls. The loss was the Seahawks' first of the season.

Leading The Webb Schools to victory were Pristine Thomas and Geniya Parker. Thomas dropped a double-double on 17 points and 22 rebounds, while Parker posted 12 points along with seven boards and six steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Thomas has scored at least a third of The Webb Schools' points. Another player making a difference was Lauren Gutierrez, who earned four points and seven rebounds.

Having lost for the first time this season, Newport Christian fell to 3-1. As for The Webb Schools, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-10.

Newport Christian has already played their next matchup (against Capistrano Valley Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. The Webb Schools has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against First Baptist.