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| 02/07/24 - Home | 63-43 W |
| 01/24/24 - Away | 64-39 W |
| 02/06/23 - Home | 15-0 W |
| 01/16/23 - Home | 53-25 W |
Hill Country Christian School of Austin has gone a perfect 4-0 against John Paul II recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Hill Country Christian School of Austin Knights will square off against the John Paul II Centurions at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hill Country Christian School of Austin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 67-31 win over The Christian School at Castle Hills. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 511th, while the Eagles are ranked 1274th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, John Paul II hadn't done well against Holy Cross recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Friday. John Paul II simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Holy Cross 65-35. The Centurions pushed the score to 39-18 by the end of the third, a deficit the Knights had little chance of recovering from.
John Paul II's win came from a few key players Hill Country Christian School of Austin will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Ella Garcia, who went 11-for-14 on her way to 30 points in addition to six boards and five assists. She has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 17 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Grace Becker, who dropped a double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds.
John Paul II was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive matchups.
The victory (which was Hill Country Christian School of Austin's third in a row) raised their record to 21-12. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.0 points over those games. As for John Paul II, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-13 record this season.
Everything went Hill Country Christian School of Austin's way against John Paul II in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, as Hill Country Christian School of Austin made off with a 63-43 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hill Country Christian School of Austin since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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