Basketball Recap: Johnson Takes a Loss

Johnson lost against East Central last Monday and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Jaguars were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 74-73 to the Hornets. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (61), the Jaguars still had to take the loss.

Ian Joshua

Steals

11/18/25 vs O'Connor	1
12/01/25 @ New Braunfels	1
11/15/25 vs Sotomayor	2
11/21/25 vs New Braunfels	2
11/24/25 vs East Central	2

Defeat or not, Johnson got some senior leadership from Marc Anthony and Ian Joshua. Anthony dropped a double-double with 27 points and 15 rebounds, while Joshua posted 14 points along with seven assists and five steals. Those five steals set a new season-high mark for Joshua. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Pleak, who put up ten points and five boards.

East Central got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Marshaun Bard out in front who earned 14 points and four steals. Another player making a difference was William Franklin, who went 6-for-14 to rack up 20 points.

Johnson's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for East Central, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 10-1.

Johnson has already played their next contest, a 65-51 victory against Davenport on the 5th. As for East Central, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, an 83-67 defeat against Veterans Memorial on the 5th.