Basketball Recap: Socorro Comes Up Short

Socorro was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They took a 49-37 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Coronado Thunderbirds. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1010th, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 200th).

Loss or not, Socorro got some senior leadership from Isaias Morales and Danny Delgado. Morales went 6 for 15 on his way to 16 points and six rebounds, while Delgado went 5 of 8 en route to 12 points and three steals. Delgado has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played.

Coronado can attribute much of their success to Roberto Lopez, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 17 points. That's the most points Lopez has posted since back in December of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Jazhiel Herrera, who went 5 for 8 en route to 10 points and six boards.

Socorro's defeat dropped their record down to 5-23. As for Coronado, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 19-8.

Socorro will challenge Montwood at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Socorro is facing Montwood at the right time seeing as Montwood is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Coronado, it'll be a Battle of the Birds when the Coronado Thunderbirds face off against the Eastlake Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastlake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53 points per game this season.