Basketball Recap: Alief Taylor Sets Scoring Season-High Against Galena Park

Lions

Team Score

12/20/24 @ Galena Park	79
11/19/24 @ Clear Brook	61
11/15/24 vs Willis	58
11/14/24 vs Spring	56
12/13/24 vs Almeta Crawford	55

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Alief Taylor). They enjoyed a cozy 79-61 victory over the Galena Park Yellowjackets on Friday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Lions with their most commanding win of the season.

Leading Alief Taylor to victory were Cayden Buckner and Brent Johnson. Buckner went 5 for 7 on his way to 14 points and five steals, while Johnson went 6 of 8 on his way to 15 points and three steals. Johnson has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last six times he's played. Pomalo Ganda was another key player, going 6 of 9 on his way to 13 points.

Alief Taylor was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Alief Taylor's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-12. As for Galena Park, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-10.

Alief Taylor wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 72-52 loss against Royse City on the 27th. Galena Park has also already played their next matchup, a 43-36 defeat against Lumberton on the 27th.