On Friday, the Villa Angela-St. Joseph Vikings were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 69-68 to the Walnut Ridge Scots. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Sunday (60), the Vikings still had to take the loss.
Jeremiah Martin
| 12/27/24 vs Walnut Ridge | 10 |
| 01/06/24 @ North | 9 |
| 01/20/24 @ Rhodes | 9 |
| 12/19/23 @ Euclid | 9 |
| 12/02/23 vs John Hay | 7 |
Despite the loss, Villa Angela-St. Joseph still got an impressive performance from Jeremiah Martin, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and ten assists. The dominant performance gave Martin a new career-high in assists. Another player making a difference was Antonio Brown, who went 7 of 11 en route to 14 points along with six assists and six boards.
Martin wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Villa Angela-St. Joseph was working as a unit and finished the game with 21 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Walnut Ridge only posted 13 assists.
Walnut Ridge got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Bryden Hodge out in front who went 9 of 10 on his way to 22 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Roman Crosby, who went 9 of 14 on his way to 20 points and five rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Villa Angela-St. Joseph and nudges their season record down to 4-4. As for Walnut Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 76-69 loss against Lutheran East on the 3rd. As for Walnut Ridge, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 72-67 victory against Groveport-Madison on the 28th.
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