After flying high against the Eldorado Sundevils last Saturday, the Basic Wolves came back down to earth. Basic received a tough blow on Wednesday as they fell 77-58 to Mater Academy East Las Vegas. Basic was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Mater Academy East Las Vegas apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in November of 2022.
Basic's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Joel White, who scored 10 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kenny Williams, who scored 12 points along with 5 assists.
Tru Young had an outrageously good game for Mater Academy East Las Vegas as he dropped a double-double on 25 points and 10 rebounds. That makes it two consecutive games in which Young has scored at least 25% of Mater Academy East Las Vegas' points. Kendon Jones was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 11 points and 18 rebounds.
Basic's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Mater Academy East Las Vegas, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Basic will head out on the road to face off against Foothill at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Foothill focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten last Saturday. As for Mater Academy East Las Vegas, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Democracy Prep Agassi Campus.
