Basketball Recap: Back of the Yards College Prep Sets Scoring Season-High Against Noble Street College Prep

Bobcats

Team Score

01/18/25 vs Noble Street College Prep	71
12/12/24 @ Victoria Soto	66
12/17/24 vs Gage Park	64
12/10/24 vs Solorio	63
11/26/24 vs ACERO Garcia	61

Back of the Yards College Prep scored the most points they've had this season on Saturday, but it wasn't enough. They took a 75-71 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Noble Street College Prep Golden Tigers. The Bobcats lost against the Golden Tigers in their previous head to head back in January of 2024, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 65-38 score last time.

Despite the loss, Back of the Yards College Prep still got an impressive performance from Glen Howell, who posted 44 points in addition to seven assists and six steals. Back of the Yards College Prep is undefeated when Howell posts 25 or more points, but 4-6 otherwise.

Rain Laroche was his usual excellent self, putting up 29 points for Noble Street College Prep. With that strong performance, Laroche is now averaging an impressive 16 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Dar'Qwayvion Watson, who put up 18 points.

Back of the Yards College Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Noble Street College Prep, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-9.

Back of the Yards College Prep has already played their next matchup, a 0-0 victory against Instituto Health Sciences on the 21st. As for Noble Street College Prep, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 47-35 loss against The Noble Academy on the 22nd.