It was a good run, but the St. John's Mavericks unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 84-74 to Houston Christian. While losing is never fun, St. John's can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 94th, while Houston Christian is ranked 32nd).
St. John's loss came despite strong showings from Sebastian Williams-adams and Malachi Booker. Williams-adams scored 32 points along with five assists and five rebounds, while Booker scored 28 points along with seven rebounds. Williams-adams has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last seven times he's played. Another player making a difference was Colin Callahan, who scored three points along with nine rebounds and four steals.
St. John's defeat ended a 13-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 19-6. As for Houston Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season.
St. John's will be playing at home against Episcopal at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Houston Christian, they will head out on the road to square off against St. Stephen's Episcopal at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
