Basketball Recap: Cardinal Newman Picks Up Ninth Consecutive Win

Cardinals

Previous Games

01/18/25 vs Lincoln	67-55
01/16/25 @ Montgomery	79-37
01/14/25 vs Maria Carrillo	54-37
01/09/25 @ Rancho Cotate	87-32
01/07/25 @ Windsor	63-22
+ 4 more games

Cardinal Newman waltzed into their contest on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They walked away with a 67-55 win over the Lincoln Hornets.

When it comes to explaining why Lincoln lost, don't look at Asia Darcuiel. Despite the final result, she made all 9 shots she took to post 23 points. The match was Darcuiel's third in a row with at least ten points. Helen Rosales was another key player, putting up nine points.

Cardinal Newman has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Lincoln, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-6.

A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Cardinal Newman Cardinals take on the Analy Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Cardinal Newman is facing Analy at the right time seeing as Analy is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Lincoln, they will be taking part in a tournament against St. Mary's at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Lincoln is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.5 points per game this season.