Basketball Recap: Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot Piles Up the Points Against the New Community School

Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot won the last time they faced The New Community School and things went their way on Thursday too. The Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot Knights took their match with ease, bagging an 80-22 win over The New Community School Sabers. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 202nd, while the Sabers are ranked 444th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Emanuel Wright out in front who went 6 of 11 on his way to 16 points. Another player making a difference was Taylor Hamner, who went 6 for 10 en route to 16 points and four steals.

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Previous 2 Games

01/30/25 @ The New Community School	80-22
01/28/25 vs Tidewater Academy	78-43

Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in six consecutive contests.

Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.3 points per game. As for The New Community School, they are on an 11-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-10.

Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot will challenge Southampton Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Southampton Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.1 points per game this season. The New Community School has already played their next match (against Guardian Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.