Basketball Recap: Nick Zarate's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Jubilee Brownsville over La Feria

Jubilee Brownsville has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They lost to the La Feria Lions on the road by a 56-41 margin on Tuesday. If the Titans were looking for revenge after losing 59-45 to them when the teams met, then they'll just have to keep looking.

Nick Zarate

Steals

01/14/25 @ La Feria	2
01/10/25 @ Valley View	3
01/03/25 vs STX	5
12/27/24 vs San Benito	2

Jubilee Brownsville lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Nick Zarate, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 14 boards. Zarate has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Max Hernandez, who went 6 of 11 en route to 12 points.

Jubilee Brownsville's defeat dropped their record down to 12-7. As for La Feria, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7 record this season.

Jubilee Brownsville will welcome Port Isabel at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Jubilee Brownsville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 53.1 points per game this season. As for La Feria, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the La Feria Lions take on the Valley View Tigers at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.