John Jay lost against Walter Panas back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The John Jay Wolves fell 61-50 to the Walter Panas Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York basketball rankings (they are ranked 236th, while the Panthers are ranked 11th).
Walter Panas had a senior duo take command as Sofia Tavarez almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine steals and Cadence Nicholas dropped a double-double on 26 points and ten rebounds. Nicholas' afternoon made it seven games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jill Cinquina, who posted five points and six boards.
This is the second loss in a row for John Jay and nudges their season record down to 11-7. As for Walter Panas, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-1.
John Jay has already played their next matchup, a 60-41 loss against Grand Street Campus on the 17th. As for Walter Panas, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 45-42 victory against Pearl River on the 18th.
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