Saint Thomas Aquinas lost against Blue Valley Northwest back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints took a 63-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blue Valley Northwest Huskies. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Huskies are ranked fifth).
Despite the loss, Saint Thomas Aquinas still got an impressive performance from London Burton, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 12 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Freeman, who posted ten points.
Ayden Mcgibboney was his usual excellent self, going 10 for 14 on his way to 23 points and six rebounds for Blue Valley Northwest. Another player making a difference was Zach Fritz, who earned seven points and five boards.
Saint Thomas Aquinas' defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 5-3. As for Blue Valley Northwest, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Saint Thomas Aquinas didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 55-54 loss against Rockhurst on the 17th. Blue Valley Northwest has also already played their next matchup (against Blue Valley Southwest), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
