Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wasatch Academy). They came out on top against the St. John's Cadets by a score of 70-58 on Sunday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Leading Wasatch Academy to victory were Junior County and Katrelle Harmon. County dropped a double-double on 15 points and ten rebounds, while Harmon went 6 for 10 en route to 15 points plus seven rebounds and six assists. Another player making a difference was Augustine Ekwe, who made all 5 shots he took racking up 11 points.
Wasatch Academy was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. John's only racked up ten.
St. John's loss came despite strong showings from Omari Witherspoon and Jymin Veney. Witherspoon went 5 for 11 en route to 15 points, while Veney went 5 for 9 en route to 11 points plus seven rebounds and two steals. Witherspoon continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Geremy Clark was another key player, posting nine points.
Wasatch Academy's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for St. John's, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Wasatch Academy is headed away from home for the first time to face off against iSchool of Lewisville at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. ISchool of Lewisville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 70.2 points per game this season. As for St. John's, they are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they square off against St. Mary's Ryken at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. St. John's also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 71 points per game.
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