Basketball Recap: Taft's Win Ends Four-Game Losing Streak on the Road

By Team Reports Jan 22, 2025, 10:28am

Basketball Recap: Taft Eagles vs. Resurrection Bandits

Abigail Vancil

Assists (Career)

01/18/25 @ Resurrection3
12/28/24 vs Oak Park-River Forest2
12/13/24 vs Morgan Park2
11/23/24 vs Glenbrook North2
12/07/24 @ Niles West1

If Resurrection wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Taft, they should've done a better job of containing Abigail Vancil. The Taft Eagles came out on top against the Resurrection Bandits by a score of 40-30 on Saturday thanks in part to Vancil, who posted eight points in addition to 11 rebounds and three blocks. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in assists (three).

Taft's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-15. As for Resurrection, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-8.

Taft didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 39-37 victory against Deerfield on the 20th. Resurrection has also already played their next match, a 51-42 win against St. Francis on the 21st.

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