If the South Texas Christian Academy Panthers were feeling good off their 59-28 takedown of Presbyterian Pan American last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. South Texas Christian Academy was dealt a 70-27 loss at the hands of Macedonian Christian on Tuesday. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points South Texas Christian Academy has scored all season.
Despite the defeat, South Texas Christian Academy had strong showings from Carlos Saenz, who scored 13 points along with four steals, and Jovan Ramirez, who scored seven points along with seven rebounds and five steals. That was a full 48.1% of South Texas Christian Academy's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Leading Macedonian Christian to victory were Ethan Gonzalez and William Ashley, II. Gonzalez almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds, while Ashley, II dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. Ashley, II hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for three straight games. RJ Garza was another key contributor, scoring seven points along with eight rebounds and four steals.
South Texas Christian Academy now has a losing record at 10-11. As for Macedonian Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 20 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 32-2 record this season.
South Texas Christian Academy will look to defend their home court on Thursday against First Baptist at 6:30 p.m. First Baptist comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 24 points in their last five games, a trend the team is of course eager to reverse. As for Macedonian Christian, they will head out on the road to face off against Harvest Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Harvest Christian is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
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