Natalia came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They had to suffer through an 86-59 loss at the hands of the Crystal City Javelinas. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1344th, while the Javelinas are ranked 529th).
Christopher Mena had another great game (as he tends to do), going 15-for-26 en route to 34 points in addition to six assists and three steals for Crystal City. Mena's big performance that evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 26 points. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Mata, who shot 56% from the field to rack up 17 points along with eight rebounds and five steals.
Natalia's defeat dropped their record down to 11-17. As for Crystal City, the victory was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 23-5.
We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Natalia will face off against rival Cotulla at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Crystal City is set to challenge their familiar foe Jourdanton at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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