The San Juan Diego Catholic Saints will stay at home for another game and welcome the Griffin School Griffins at 7:00 p.m. on December 5th. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
San Juan Diego Catholic pushed their score all the way to 55 on Friday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They received a tough blow as they fell 69-55 to Austin Achieve.
Defeat or not, San Juan Diego Catholic got some senior leadership from Max Duarte who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 14 rebounds and Armando Garza who scored 19 points along with 5 rebounds and 5 steals. Duarte scored a full 32.7% of San Juan Diego Catholic's points, the sixth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Aidan McCormick, who scored 9 points.
Meanwhile, Griffin School's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their third straight loss. They were beaten by Austin Waldorf 59-21. Griffin School has struggled against Austin Waldorf recently, as their match on Tuesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
San Juan Diego Catholic has fallen quite a ways from their 25-10-1 record last season and are now at 3-5. As for Griffin School, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything came up roses for San Juan Diego Catholic against Griffin School in their previous matchup back in February of 2022 as the squad secured a 90-50 win. Will San Juan Diego Catholic repeat their success, or does Griffin School have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
