The St. John's Mavericks won the last time they faced the Village Vikings, and things went their way on Wednesday too. St. John's came out on top in a nail-biter against Village and snuck past 55-52. Given St. John's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 86th, while Village is ranked 580th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading St. John's to victory were Malachi Booker and Sebastian Williams-adams. Booker scored 17 points along with 6 rebounds, while Williams-adams dropped a double-double on 21 points and 10 rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Williams-adams has scored at least 25% of St. John's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Humphries, who scored 5 points.
The victory makes it two in a row for St. John's and bumps their season record up to 11-4. As for Village, their loss dropped their record down to 8-10.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. John's will take on Parish Episcopal at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Village, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Kinkaid at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Kinkaid is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
