Basketball Recap: Damien Nevil Key Part of Team Effort in Bulls Win

It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Sports Leadership & Management ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 60-57 victory over the Doral Academy Red Rock Dragons. The win continues a trend for the Bulls in their matchups with the Dragons: they've now won five in a row.

Damien Nevil

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02/06/25 vs Doral Academy Red Rock	8
01/13/25 @ Doral Academy Red Rock	8
12/18/24 vs Reynolds	8
12/11/24 @ Pahrump Valley	8
12/04/24 @ Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas	8
+ 7 more games

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sports Leadership & Management to victory, but perhaps none more so than Damien Nevil, who went 6-for-15 to rack up 16 points and eight rebounds. Sports Leadership & Management is undefeated when Nevil posts eight or more boards, but 2-12 otherwise. Pablo-Ernestro Cruz-Lara was another key player, going 7-for-12 en route to 17 points and seven rebounds.

Sports Leadership & Management smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.

Doral Academy Red Rock's loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Daiton Williams, who went 5-for-12 on his way to 11 points along with seven boards and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Brennan Cuello, who went 7-for-15 to rack up 17 points.

Sports Leadership & Management's victory bumped their record up to 7-12. As for Doral Academy Red Rock, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-16.

As of now, neither Sports Leadership & Management nor Doral Academy Red Rock have any future games scheduled.