Basketball Recap: St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Beats Episcopal for Their Third Straight Win

Saints

Previous 3 Games

12/07/24 vs Episcopal	69-52
12/06/24 vs St. Mary's Ryken	63-50
12/05/24 vs St. John's Catholic Prep	73-27

St. Stephen's & St. Agnes waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They took down the Episcopal Maroon 69-52. That's more bragging rights for the Saints, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Stephen's & St. Agnes to victory, but perhaps none more so than Riley Jacobs, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 13 boards. Jacobs is crushing it when it comes to boards: he's pulled down at least 12 every time he's taken the court this season. Julian Burgdolf was another key player, going 5 of 9 on his way to 17 points.

Episcopal lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ben Edmonds, who posted 11 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Simas Kacerauskas, who had seven points and eight rebounds.

St. Stephen's & St. Agnes' victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.3 points per game. As for Episcopal, they moved to 3-1 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

St. Stephen's & St. Agnes didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, an 85-77 win against Fairfax Christian on the 9th. As for Episcopal, they will look to take advantage of their home court for the first time this season as they take on Woodberry Forest at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.