Basketball Recap: Make It Seven in a Row for Johnson

Jaguars

Previous Games

01/18/25 vs Clark	79-44
01/14/25 @ Churchill	55-36
01/10/25 vs LEE	50-31
01/07/25 @ Madison	71-40
01/03/25 @ Reagan	43-39
+ 2 more games

Johnson had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.7 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They breezed by the Clark Cougars to the tune of 79-44. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 45-17.

Ian Rizo had an outrageously good game as he went 8 of 12 on his way to 19 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points. Marc Anthony was another key player, going 6 for 9 en route to 14 points.

Johnson was working as a unit and finished the game with 23 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Clark lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jaden Flemons, who went 5 of 12 on his way to 10 points and three steals. Another player making a difference was Kristian Burgan, who posted eight points and nine rebounds.

Johnson is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.4 points per game. As for Clark, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 17-8.

Johnson has already played their next contest, a 65-46 win against Brandeis on the 22nd. As for Clark, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 64-47 victory against LEE on the 22nd.