Winning is just a little bit easier when your three-point shooting is a whole 20% better than the opposition, a fact St. Mary's proved on Saturday. They walked away with a 48-35 win over Longview Christian. That result was just more of the same for these two, as St. Mary's also won the last time the pair played back in November.
St. Mary's got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Evan Hodge out in front who scored 16 points along with 6 rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Hodge has scored at least 25% of St. Mary's points. Another player making a difference was Taylor Darnell, who scored 9 points along with 7 rebounds.
Despite the loss, Longview Christian still got an impressive performance from Oscar Adame, who scored 9 points along with 16 rebounds and 3 steals. Adame is absolutely dominating the rebound category: he's posted at least eight every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Judah Sandel, who scored 7 points along with 7 steals.
St. Mary's is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Longview Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4.
St. Mary's has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Longview Christian at 7:00 p.m. on December 5th. Hopefully Longview Christian focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 19 on Saturday. They will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against St. Mary's at 7:00 p.m. on December 5th. Hopefully St. Mary's focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Saturday.
