Basketball Recap: Vela's Win on Friday Extends Winning Streak to 15

Sabercats

Previous Games

01/31/25 vs Rowe	40-34
01/28/25 @ Sharyland	59-45
01/24/25 vs McAllen	47-44
01/22/25 @ McAllen Memorial	42-39
01/17/25 vs Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North	60-56
+ 10 more games

Vela had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.3 points) and they went ahead and made it 15 on Friday. They snuck past the Rowe Warriors with a 40-34 victory. The 40-point effort marked the Sabercats' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Vela is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 31-4 record this season. As for Rowe, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 21-9.

Vela and Rowe should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Vela will challenge Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday up 1,384 places (164 vs. 1548). Vela will be looking to keep their nine-game home win streak alive. Meanwhile, Rowe (ranked 348th) will meet Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial (ranked 1309th) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Vela is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.7 points per game this season.