Basketball Recap: St. Anthony Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

St. Anthony and St. Joseph squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but St. Anthony had to settle for second. They had to suffer through a 77-43 loss at the hands of the St. Joseph Lancers. While losing is never fun, the Roman Legion can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 479th, while the Lancers are ranked 186th).

Josh Morales

Points

03/04/25 @ St. Joseph	20
02/25/25 @ Racine Horlick	9
02/20/25 vs University Lake/Trinity Academy	18
02/18/25 vs Milwaukee Arts	11
02/13/25 @ Hmong American Peace Academy	9
+ 9 more games

Josh Morales and Jose P Valle certainly did their best on Tuesday to avoid the loss. Morales posted 20 points, while Valle scored 11 points in addition to eight rebounds and three blocks. That's the most points Morales has posted since back in January. Nelson Escudero was another key player, putting up four points and six boards.

This is the second loss in a row for St. Anthony and nudges their season record down to 10-14. As for St. Joseph, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-14 record this season.

As of now, neither St. Anthony nor St. Joseph have any future games scheduled.