Basketball Recap: Animo Venice Skates Past New Designs Watts with Ease

Pirates

Margin (Wins)

12/05/24 @ Burton	91
12/02/24 vs New Roads	58
01/21/25 vs Burton	50
01/23/25 vs New Designs Watts	50
01/07/25 @ New Designs Watts	37

A well-balanced attack led Animo Venice over New Designs Watts in every quarter on their way to victory on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Animo Venice Pirates blew the New Designs Watts Knights out of the water with a 68-18 final score. The Pirates have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 24 points or more this season.

Despite the loss, New Designs Watts had strong showings from Magic Haynes, who posted seven points, and James Garcia, who earned two points.

Animo Venice has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.3 points per game. As for New Designs Watts, their defeat was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-11.

Animo Venice has already played their next game (against Central City Value), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. New Designs Watts is taking a road trip to challenge Animo Pat Brown on Tuesday. New Designs Watts is facing Animo Pat Brown at the right time seeing as Animo Pat Brown is stuck on a three-game losing streak.