Basketball Recap: Animo Watts Snaps Five-Game Streak of Wins on the Road

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Animo Watts can now relate to. They took a hard 49-32 fall against the Dr. Maya Angelou Community Phoenix on Thursday. The game marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring match so far this season.

Jaydin Smith

Rebounds

02/27/25 @ Dr. Maya Angelou Community	12
02/25/25 @ Panorama	19
02/22/25 @ Stern	12
02/20/25 vs Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology	14
02/11/25 @ WISH Academy	14

Despite the loss, Animo Watts still got an impressive performance from Jaydin Smith, who almost dropped a double-double with nine points and 12 boards. Smith has been hot, having posted 12 or more rebounds the last five times he's played. Maleke Larry also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.

Animo Watts' loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-4. As for Dr. Maya Angelou Community, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 13-7 record this season.

Animo Watts does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Dr. Maya Angelou Community, they will look to defend their home court on Saturday against New West Charter at 5:00 p.m. New West Charter will roll in looking for their sixth straight win, something Dr. Maya Angelou Community surely won't give up without a fight.