Basketball Recap: Horizon Science Academy-Southwest Drops Season-High Score on Gage Park

By Team Reports Jan 30, 2025, 8:52pm

Basketball Recap: Horizon Science Academy-Southwest Huskies vs. Gage Park Fighting Owls

Huskies

Team Score

01/29/25 vs Gage Park50
12/13/24 vs Richards49
01/24/25 vs EPIC Academy47
12/11/24 @ Woodlawn42
12/12/24 vs Our Lady of Tepeyac38

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Horizon Science Academy-Southwest). They blew past the Gage Park Fighting Owls 50-13 on Wednesday. The Huskies have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 20 points or more this season.

Horizon Science Academy-Southwest's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Aislin Vazquez, who posted 16 points along with eight assists and three steals. Vazquez has been hot recently, having posted three or more steals the last four times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Takyla Lang, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 13 rebounds.

Vazquez wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Horizon Science Academy-Southwest was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Horizon Science Academy-Southwest's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-8. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 19.3 points per game. As for Gage Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.

The future could be bright for both Horizon Science Academy-Southwest and Gage Park: their next opponents haven't had the best luck recently. Horizon Science Academy-Southwest will try to hand ACERO Garcia their 13th-straight loss when the two meet at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Gage Park will look to extend Harlan's four-game losing streak when the meet at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

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