Basketball Recap: St. John-Endicott/Lacrosse Sets Scoring Season-High Against Waitsburg

St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse

Team Score

12/21/24 vs Waitsburg	71
12/20/24 @ Colton	67
12/17/24 vs Prescott	64
12/06/24 @ Dayton	48
12/03/24 vs Cusick	48

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse). They walked away with a 71-58 win over the Waitsburg Cardinals on Saturday. St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse has seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw Waitsburg, too.

It was another big night for Bear Brewer, who shot 6-for-11 from downtown and almost dropped a double-double on 33 points and nine assists. Blake Johnson was another key player, putting up nine points and seven rebounds.

Brewer wasn't the only one working in the assists department: St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

The victory was the third in a row for St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse, bringing their record for this year to 3-5. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.3 points per game. As for Waitsburg, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.

St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Valley Christian at 7:30 p.m. on January 2, 2025. Waitsburg also won't see the court for a while: their next match is against Pomeroy at 7:30 p.m. on January 4, 2025.