Junction lost against San Saba back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Junction Eagles were beaten by the San Saba Armadillos 82-29. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1308th, while the Armadillos are ranked 170th).
01/31/25 vs San Saba | 10 |
01/28/25 @ Center Point | 20 |
01/24/25 vs Johnson City | 14 |
01/21/25 @ Goldthwaite | 9 |
01/17/25 vs Mason | 8 |
When it comes to explaining why Junction lost, don't look at Marilyn Martinez. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds. Martinez has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more boards the last nine times she's played. Haylee Robinson also deserves some recognition as she scored her first points of the season.
Even though they lost, Junction smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. This was only their 14th loss (out of 19 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.
Junction's loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-20. As for San Saba, the win was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 26-6.
Junction does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for San Saba, they will square off against Harper at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in San Saba's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 11 games.
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