Basketball Recap: Valor South Austin Piles Up the Points Against Prairie Lea

Falcons

Margin (Wins)

12/20/24 vs Concordia	40
01/03/25 @ Prairie Lea	34
12/13/24 vs Wayside: Sci-Tech	22
12/17/24 vs IDEA Montopolis	4
12/10/24 @ Savio	-5

Valor South Austin waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They claimed a resounding 71-37 win over the Prairie Lea Indians. The Falcons have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 contests by 22 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Valor South Austin to victory, but perhaps none more so than Joel Runacres, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds. Those nine boards gave Runacres a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Levin Dwelle, who posted ten points in addition to seven boards and five assists.

Valor South Austin smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 17 consecutive games.

Valor South Austin is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Prairie Lea, they are on a 17-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7.

Valor South Austin wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 93-5 victory against KIPP Austin Brave on the 7th. As for Prairie Lea, they will take on Waelder at 7:15 p.m. on January 10th.