The Angleton Christian Warriors's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their third straight loss. They took a serious blow against Van Vleck, falling 64-36. While losing is never fun, Angleton Christian can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1470th, while Van Vleck is ranked 664th).
It was another big night for Corey Austin, who scored 17 points along with 7 rebounds and 7 steals for Van Vleck. That makes it five consecutive games in which Austin has scored at least 25% of Van Vleck's points. Another player making a difference was Ty'lan Robertson, who scored 14 points along with 6 assists.
Angleton Christian has fallen quite a ways from their 30-8 record last season and are now at 1-4. As for Van Vleck, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-2.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Angleton Christian will be home for the holidays to greet The Connection School of Houston at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Van Vleck, they have the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Bay City at 6:00 p.m. on December 8th. Hopefully Bay City focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up six on Tuesday.
