Basketball Recap: Brazosport Sets Scoring Season-High Against Wharton

By Team Reports Jan 13, 2025, 6:09am

Basketball Recap: Brazosport Exporters vs. Wharton Tigers

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brazosport). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the Wharton Tigers 85-51. The Exporters have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight matches by 21 points or more this season.

Deja El-amin

Points

01/10/25 @ Wharton31
01/07/25 vs La Marque28
01/03/25 @ El Campo16
12/28/24 vs Sterling24
12/17/24 vs Columbia19

Brazosport got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Deja El-Amin out in front who went 8 of 15 en route to 31 points and six steals. The contest was El-Amin's seventh in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Sanii Player, who almost dropped a double-double on 24 points and nine boards.

Brazosport was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Brazosport is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.5 points per game. As for Wharton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-17.

Brazosport will head out to square off against Needville at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Wharton, they will welcome Sweeny at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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