Basketball Recap: St. Francis Drops Highest Score of Season Against Neuqua Valley

Spartans

Team Score

12/26/24 vs Neuqua Valley	62
11/25/24 vs Riverside-Brookfield	57
12/23/24 vs Marist	39
12/03/24 vs Aurora Central Catholic	39
11/19/24 vs Yorkville	39

St. Francis scored the most points they've had this season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. The game between them and the Neuqua Valley Wildcats didn't end well, with the St. Francis Spartans falling 76-62. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now lost four in a row.

Defeat or not, St. Francis got some senior leadership from T?a Rubino and Riley Austin. Rubino posted 17 points in addition to seven boards and five assists, while Austin put up 19 points along with six rebounds and six steals. Austin is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Alyssa Freeman, who had ten points.

Even though they lost, St. Francis was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

St. Francis' loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Neuqua Valley, with the win, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 6-8.

St. Francis and Central will face off at 9:00 a.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. St. Francis is facing Central at the right time seeing as Central is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Neuqua Valley, they and Naperville North will face off at 12:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Neuqua Valley has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.