
Pirates
01/14/25 vs Dilley | 103 |
01/10/25 vs Jourdanton | 93 |
12/17/24 @ Cotulla | 90 |
12/05/24 vs Santa Rosa | 86 |
01/07/25 @ Natalia | 82 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lytle). They breezed by the Dilley Wolves to the tune of 103-39 on Tuesday. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 614th, while the Wolves are ranked 1695th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Lytle to victory were Zacharee Perez and Chase Guevara. Perez went 17 for 22 en route to 38 points and three steals, while Guevara dropped a double-double on 26 points and ten steals. Those 38 points gave Perez a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Seth Pierce, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine rebounds.
Lytle was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Dilley only posted three assists.
When it comes to explaining why Dilley lost, don't look at Jacob Lopez. Despite the final result, he went 7 of 14 on his way to 19 points and four steals. Isaiah Kinsey also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.
The victory (which was Lytle's fourth in a row) raised their record to 13-8. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 38 points. As for Dilley, they dropped their record down to 0-15 with the defeat, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Lytle has already played their next game, an 89-67 win against Poteet on the 17th. As for Dilley, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 68-36 loss against Hondo on the 17th.
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