Spring was the 72-29 winner over Aldine when they last played one another back in January of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Spring Lions fell 78-67 to the Aldine Mustangs on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (56), the Lions still had to take the loss.
Darrell Payton
| 01/10/25 vs Aldine | 5 |
| 02/09/24 @ MacArthur | 4 |
| 12/06/24 vs Klein Collins | 4 |
| 01/26/24 vs Eisenhower | 4 |
| 01/17/24 vs MacArthur | 3 |
Spring's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Darrell Payton, who posted 18 points and five assists. The dominant performance gave Payton a new career-high in assists. Jaylan Tran was another key player, going 5 of 11 on his way to 14 points and five rebounds.
Even though they lost, Spring smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Aldine only pulled down six offensive boards.
Jameson Kegler was a one-man wrecking crew for Aldine as he went 8 of 11 from beyond the arc on his way to 31 points along with seven boards and five assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Joshua Green, who went 6 of 12 on his way to 15 points and five boards.
This is the second loss in a row for Spring and nudges their season record down to 10-13. As for Aldine, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-11 record this season.
Spring will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Westfield at 7:00 p.m. As for Aldine, they will head out to take on Dekaney at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Aldine is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
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