The Antonian Prep Apaches came tearing into Saturday's game with 12 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took down St. Agnes Academy 59-45. Given Antonian Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while St. Agnes Academy is ranked 557th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Antonian Prep to victory, but perhaps none more so than Emma Copeland, who scored eight points along with five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Shaniyah Fox, who scored 18 points along with two steals.
Despite the loss, St. Agnes Academy had strong showings from Zara Chinwuba, who scored 14 points along with six rebounds, and Madei Soluren, who scored 16 points along with five rebounds.
Antonian Prep is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 32-7 record this season. As for St. Agnes Academy, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-17.
Antonian Prep will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Geneva at 7:00 p.m. on February 16th. Geneva is on a 16-game streak of home wins, Antonian Prep a nine-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. As for St. Agnes Academy, they will head out on the road to face off against Village at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully St. Agnes Academy focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 17 on Saturday.
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