Basketball Recap: Sotomayor Drops Season-High Score on Holmes

WILDCATS

Team Score

12/13/24 vs Holmes	81
11/23/24 vs Clear Lake	70
12/10/24 @ Marshall	66
12/06/24 vs Lanier	65
11/21/24 vs Laredo LBJ	65

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sotomayor). They breezed by the Holmes Huskies to the tune of 81-44 on Friday. Given the WILDCATS's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 234th, while the Huskies are ranked 1049th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Sotomayor's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Demian Joyner, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jasiah Saunders, who went 8 of 14 on his way to 19 points.

Sotomayor was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Holmes only posted two assists.

Holmes' defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Josiah Corona, who posted 11 points. The dominant performance gave Corona a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Joseph Ramon, who put up nine points and six rebounds.

Sotomayor has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.2 points per game. As for Holmes, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-18.

Sotomayor will venture away from home to square off against Stevens at 7:00 p.m. on December 20th. Sotomayor has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Holmes, they will welcome Harlan at 6:30 p.m. on December 20th.