Basketball Recap: San Antonio Christian Drops Season-High Score on Nixon-Smiley

Lions

Team Score

12/27/24 vs Nixon-Smiley	50
11/25/24 vs Lanier	45
11/15/24 vs Holy Cross	45
11/07/24 vs Brackenridge	41
12/13/24 vs St. Joseph	35

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask San Antonio Christian). They came out on top against the Nixon-Smiley Mustangs by a score of 50-43 on Friday. That's more bragging rights for the Lions, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Several Mustangs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Madison Yanes, who posted 11 points in addition to seven boards and three steals. The dominant performance gave Yanes a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Juliana Kendrick, who put up eight points and nine rebounds.

With the win, San Antonio Christian broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 4-12. As for Nixon-Smiley, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-13 record this season.

San Antonio Christian wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 48-22 victory against Woodsboro on the 27th. As for Nixon-Smiley, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 43-36 loss against Hondo on the 27th.