Basketball Recap: Basis Independent Silicon Valley Takes a Loss

It was a proper cat-fight when Basis Independent Silicon Valley faced off against Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit on Tuesday. The Basis Independent Silicon Valley Bobcats were dealt a 69-40 defeat at the hands of the Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit Lions. The Bobcats haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit had a senior duo take command as Jocelyn Figueroa dropped a double-double on 24 points and 12 rebounds and Fatima Sanchez dropped a double-double on 20 points and 16 boards. That makes it nine consecutive games in which Figueroa has scored at least a third of Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit's points. Another player making a difference was Emily Sousa, who posted 15 points.

Basis Independent Silicon Valley's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season.

Basis Independent Silicon Valley has already played their next contest, a 35-30 defeat against University Prep Academy on the 23rd. As for Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 56-31 victory against The Nueva School on the 23rd.