Basketball Recap: St. Pius X Panthers vs. La Vernia Bears
St. Pius X was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 66-61 hit to the loss column at the hands of the La Vernia Bears. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (58), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Cole Whatley continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for La Vernia, going 7 for 16 en route to 29 points plus eight rebounds and four steals. The dominant performance also gave Whatley a new career-high in assists (four). Another player making a difference was Brayden Zepka, who went 7 for 15 en route to 17 points plus two steals.
St. Pius X's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for La Vernia, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
St. Pius X has already played their next match, a 69-36 loss against Covenant on the 26th. As for La Vernia, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 63-54 win against Seguin on the 25th.
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